Twitter slams Dinesh Karthik for sending Andre Russell at no. 7

BySoumil Khare,SportsCafe Editor

04/21/2019

KKR was off to a blazing start with Sunil Narine hitting 25 off 8 balls, but unfortunately, his wicket seemed to have taken the momentum along with him. Andre Russell came out to bat at No. 7 and had a very little time to create his trademark impact. Twitter bashed Karthik for this blunder.

No Russell show at Hyderabad!

13th over, no Russell yet. So what do the incumbent batsmen do? With every ball, they are giving Russell less time but surely they can't throw it away for him either. Why doesn't he just bat at no 6?
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 21, 2019

Despite scoring the highest for KKR!

Worst Lynn #SRHvKKR
— Sameer (@SameerVdINC) April 21, 2019

After picking Russell's wicket!

Bhuvneshwar for Prime Minister!#SRHvKKR
— Chandler Stark Kings (@SarcasmChamp) April 21, 2019

Williamson fans!

Finally some smart captaincy in #IPL2019 after all the mediocrity of DK, Ashwin, Rahane & Kohli... #SRHvKKR
— Pramit Sarkar (@a_grumpy_ol_man) April 21, 2019

Not your day Karthik!

Dinesh Karthik and the people behind that do the planning are the biggest fools in the cricketing world I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. #SRHvKKR
— vvk (@vikk_cool) April 21, 2019

He's a wonderful captain!

captaincy of williamson is as good as in all match seen #SRHvKKR & #GameBanayegaName
— SunnyBavla (@SunnyBavla) April 21, 2019

Poor DK!

I think at this point @DineshKarthik leadership would not be any better than @rinkusingh235 leadership. Such poor DK has been this season. #SRHvKKR
— Satyaki Bhaduri (@satyakiz) April 21, 2019

Great news!

The best thing about the last hour was when @TomMoodyCricket announced Rashid and Nabi would be available for the whole league stage at the very least.

Wonderful news 😍 @SunRisers #SRHvKKR
— Anup (@AnupOfficiaI) April 21, 2019

LOL!

Dinesh Karthik after getting out. #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/YSKWIjYM2p
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 21, 2019

When Chawla decided to keep the strike instead of giving strike to Russell!

Confidence level in life should be Chawla thinking he should be on strike.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 21, 2019

Russeel couldn't create the impact today!

Just watching the IPL on @FOXSports. Can’t understand why KKR have the master blaster Andre Russell batting at number 7. What a waste.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) April 21, 2019

My view in hindsight, Russell should have batted a slot higher
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 21, 2019