Twitter goes into meltdown mode as India lose the final T20I after Krunal Pandya and Dinesh Karthik take it down to the wire
Even though Krunal Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were smashing the ball out of the park with ease and keeping India in the hunt, the blunder by Dinesh Karthik in the last over lost India the game and the series. The Twitterati couldn't stop criticizing Dinesh Karthik as this ended India's streak.
What an achievement by MSD!
Most matches as a captain- 255
— Suraj Tiwari Surya (@Surajtiwarisur4) February 10, 2019
Most win as a captain- 150
Highest winning %- 59.92(in more than 100matches)
Only captain who captained in 200 T20.
2nd Most consecutive matches as a captain-77*(CSK).
1st cricketer to complete 5k runs in T20 as a captain. #Dhoni300 @msdhoni
And he did this on his 300th T20 match! Insane!
#NZvIND #MSDhoni with a lightning fast stumping 0.099 seconds #Dhoni300 pic.twitter.com/f7tTKyckPY
— lokendar ram (@RamLokendar) February 10, 2019
Looks like Rohit Sharma is experimenting with his jerseys this series!
Wore Shankar's no.59 in Auckland, wearing Hardik Pandya's no.33 today... wondering what happened to Rohit Sharma's own T20I jerseys... #NZvInd
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) February 10, 2019
Shikhar Dhawan's form in a nutshell!
Shikhar Dhawan has this unique talent of playing a lofted shot and picking the only fielder outside the 30 yards circle.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) February 10, 2019
Reality!
38 from 32 for Rohit Sharma when the team is chasing 200+ but nobody will Troll him because his name isn't Mahendra Singh Dhoni
— babu bisleri (@PUNchayatiii) February 10, 2019
When India had the chance to win the match, this happened!
Dinesh Karthik's decision to not run is inexcusable and inexplicable. #indvsnz
— Kosturi (@Kosturi23) February 10, 2019
Dinesh Karthik wasted 2 deliveries even denied taking a single
— Freaky ~ DRaval (@HODL_till_2140) February 10, 2019
Rohit Sharma & co. to Dinesh Karthik in dressing room
#INDvsNZt20 #NZvIND #NZvsIND #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/IASfE3Ud1K
Krunal Pandya was in such a great touch! Why DK Why?!
Dinesh Karthik thinks he was Dhoni. Okay absolutely fine. But he thought Krunal Pandya is Ashwin????? #NZvIND
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) February 10, 2019
What was Dinesh Karthik thinking? Refusing a single in the last over, with Krunal Pandya blazing away at the other end. #NZvInd
— Slipstream Cricket (@SlipstreamCrick) February 10, 2019
The jokes that came out of this were hilarious!
Dinesh Karthik is clearly not a fan of Salman Khan. He doesn't believe in Hit and Run.#INDvNZ
— Mr. Arora (@vishesharora19) February 10, 2019
*When you were the one who scored the least runs, still everyone is busy criticizing Dinesh Karthik for the loss!!#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/lCHjf68fw8
— Thanos (@hypothanos) February 10, 2019
Dhoni haters right now!
Please Don't blame anyone for this defeat!
— Shaktimaan Ravikiran (@The_SHAKTIMAAN) February 10, 2019
The real villains are those stumps at non-striker's end who saved almost 10 runs for New Zealand!
And hat's off to @DineshKarthik sir! He did it again for India!
Played well champions 🇮🇳!
PS- Still Dhoni wasted 2 balls!#INDvsNZt20 pic.twitter.com/pI2BfE59lf
The Indian Women's and Men's cricket team can't stop coinciding!
Today at Hamilton...
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 10, 2019
India Women needed 16 runs of the last six balls (made 13)
India Men needed 16 runs of the last six balls (made 11)#NZvInd
The streak ends!
India's first series loss in T20Is since Oct, 2017
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) February 10, 2019
1-1 v Australia, 2017
2-1 v New Zealand, 2017
3-0 v Sri Lanka, 2017
2-1 v South Africa, 2018
Tri Series winner, 2018
2-0 v Ireland, 2018
2-1 v England, 2018
3-0 v West Indies, 2018
1-1 v Australia, 2018
1-2 v New Zealand, 2019
First defeat for India in a 3-match bilateral T20I series.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) February 10, 2019
In previous 10 such series, they had won 9 and drawn 1. #NZvInd
The future is safe!
India batsmen at Hamilton today:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) February 10, 2019
Senior-most:
Dhawan+Rohit+Dhoni - 45 (40) - 4 boundaries
Others:
Shanka+Pant+Pandyas+Karthik - 151 (80) - 22 boundaries #NZvInd