The 22-year-old Assam lad has successfully translated his red-hot form in domestic cricket into the IPL, scoring two match-winning fifties to help the Royals maintain their unbeaten run in the tournament so far, with the latest coming against Mumbai Indians on Monday.
“I told him the same thing. They want him to do well. He needs to convert and be consistent,” the former cricketer said in a conversation with The Statesman.
After Riyan Parag's unbeaten 56 took Rajasthan Royals to a score from which their bowlers could make a match out of, the bowling attack led by Sen and Ashwin did exactly that to skittle out Bangalore for 115 all out in 19.3 overs.
Had everything gone according to plan, all these players would have been busy featuring in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL).
While Riyan Parag has already made his debut with the Royals in 2019, the franchise bought Yashasvi Jaiswal in the auction leading up to the IPL 2020.
Dhoni, who had made his first-class debut in the 1999-2000 season of the Ranji Trophy for Bihar -- during a game against Assam in an East Zone League -- had stumped Parag Das in the second innings after a 24-ball 30. Bihar went on to win by 191 runs.
Karthik promoted himself to No. 4 and smashed nine sixes and seven fours in his 50-ball unbeaten knock, as KKR hit top gear in the back end of the innings, scoring 126 from the last 10 overs.
