Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik has been one of the most consistent players in the IPL 2018. Needless to say that the KKR skipper’s fans base is escalating by leaps and bounds day-by-day and the Karthik too acknowledges the love of his fans. So yesterday at the Eden Gardens when KKR played CSK, a different abled fan turned up to meet Karthik and he too did not disappoint him.

Once the match was over, Karthik went down to meet him and even shook hands with the fan. Dinesh Karthik also hugged the fan and posed for the picture with him. This left the fan quite happy and the video of the brief meet went viral. Check out the video below.

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He also clicked a selfie with a few fans at the Eden Gardens and thanked his fans by posting the same on social media. He captioned the snap, "A team is nothing without its fans! A big thank you to all the fan🙏 #gratitude #indebted #korbolorbojeetbo#kkrhaitaiyaar."

Talking about the match between KKR and CSK, the hosts won the contest by 6 wickets. Skipper Karthik praised Shubham Gill who played an unbeaten knock of 57 off 36 balls. He said, “Credit to the franchise, they picked a lot of under-19 players. They are refranchiseed players. That boy is special. I don’t want to hype it up and put extra pressure on him. I can see a lot of years of India Blues in him.”

While speaking about his decision of using spinners during the death overs and power play Karthik said, “I picked it up early, that spinners would get assistance on this wicket. Our bowlers are so confident. They wanted to bowl. You need to be pushing boundaries. He (Sunil Narine) is a thorough all-rounder. He provides impetus at the top and also bowled the pressure overs. He’s a great player to have in the team.” With this KKR now features on the number 3 slot of the IPL 2018 Points Table.

 

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