Royal Challengers Bangalore wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik enjoyed the fighting century of his franchise teammate Cameron Green in the first Test between Australia and New Zealand on Thursday (February 29).
On a green pitch, Cameron Green anchored the innings with a responsible century, coming in at the No. 4 position and remaining unbeaten at the stumps. Courtesy of his wonderful knock, Australia managed to reach 279/9 at the end of the day. A couple of the Aussie batters got starts but none of them could convert them into big ones like Green.
RCB traded the Australian all-rounder from Mumbai Indians (MI) last year. Both Karthik and Cameron Green will play together for the Royal challengers in the middle order this season.
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Dinesh Karthik took to his official X handle after the first day's play and showed his appreciation for his new teammate by sharing a video. In the clip, he could be seen watching the Test match on his mobile. At the end of the video, Karthik said:
"Well played Green. Can't wait to see you in red."
You can watch the video below:
"It was a pretty tough wicket to bat on" - Cameron Green
Speaking after stumps on Day 1, Green opined that it was a tough surface for batting and lauded his mates for putting on a fight. Reflecting on his batting performance and the action on the first day, he said:
"It feels really good! It was a pretty tough wicket to bat on but the boys played really well. It was nice to kind of stick out there and hopefully, we put a competitive total on the board. (On the stand he put together with Mitchell Marsh) I've played a lot with Mitchell Marsh for Western Australia, so it was nice to build that partnership with him.
On the current situation of the match after Day 1, he continued:
"They are on top. New Zealand have a quality batting line-up, so, we have to get it in the right areas to restrict them."
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