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'Villain for India' - Dinesh Karthik Names India's Nemesis After Dunith Wellalage Assault

Aayush Mahajan

image-lmg8z1tzDunith Wellalage has taken five wickets vs India (Source: X.com)

Dinesh Karthik opined on India's struggle against the left-arm spinner, saying that they can be the 'villain' for the team on slow pitches. Dunith Wellalage, a Sri Lanka left-arm orthodox spinner, joined the list of bowlers, who have troubled the Indian batters in the recent past.

While the India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill delivered a good start, the moment Wellalage came to the attack, the match took a U-turn in the favour of Sri Lanka.

On the very first ball of his spell, the tweaker dismissed dangerous-looking Shubman and then got rid of Virat Kohli, and Rohit in his following overs as Lankan Lions roared.

Seeing India again at the receiving end versus a left-arm spinner, Karthik tweeted: 

"Left Arm Spin on SLOW pitches can be a villain for TEAM INDIA."



Kishan, Rahul performs rescue act

After Wellalage removed India's top three, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul survived his spell. They forged a fifty-plus partnership as India again aimed to take control over the steering wheel. However, Wellalage again came back to take a wicket as Rahul perished via a caught and bowled, and then removed Hardik Pandya on the last delivery of his spell.

At the time of writing, India are at 184/7 in 41 overs with Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah Pandya batting unbeaten 6 and 4 runs respectively.