CUTTACK: It took Dinesh Karthik three years to make a comeback into the Indian dressing room on the back of being one of the best finishers in the IPL. However, on Sunday afternoon, when the stage was set for him to come in the middle and execute his role to perfection for the Men in Blue, the team management decided to promote Axar Patel ahead of him.
As Hardik Pandya departed with the scoreboard reading 90/4, 7.2 overs were left in the Indian innings. Patel came in at No. 6, took 11 balls to score 10 before returning to the pavilion when pacer Anrich Nortje cleaned his middle stump. 'DK' came in at No. 7 after Shreyas Iyer got out off the penultimate ball of the 14th over with the score at 98/5.
