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Dinesh Karthik Backs Suryakumar Yadav despite consecutive Golden Ducks

Dinesh Karthik Backs Suryakumar Yadav despite consecutive Golden Ducks: On the ongoing series between India and Australia. Australian pacer Mitchell Starc bowled out Suryakumar Yadav with a similar delivery.

However, Former Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik has backed SKY despite registering consecutive ducks against Australia in the first two ODIs.

Australian team level up the three-match ODI series. Indian team collapsed just 117 runs, SKY departed for a golden duck for the second consecutive time in the ODI series as Mitchell Starc got the better of him.

Dinesh Karthik came out in support of the Indian batter that it can happen to anybody.

“Imagine Suryakumar Yadav, I feel for him, two first-balls, I’m sure a lot of people will be saying, ‘Oh, he’s not making use of his opportunities’. It’s not true. To get out the first ball means you are out before you’re set. It can happen to anybody,” Karthik told Cricbuzz.

“He (Mitchell Starc) is arguably the best white-ball bowler in the world right now. To come and receive such balls first up, it’s hard. You put anybody there, more often than not, they will get out first ball. We need to cut some slack for batters who get out to quality left-armers,” he added.

The talismanic right-hander has been exceptional in the T20Is, however, he has been unable to replicate his form in the One-Day format. Moreover, in 22 ODIs, the Mumbai-born batter has an underwhelming average of 25.47 with 433 runs and only two fifties under his belt.

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Jaidev Roy