#3 All-rounder Nitish Rana

With the luxury of three high-quality spinners in his armory, Dinesh Karthik turned to part-timer Nitish Rana for a couple of overs in a bid to trouble their batsmen. He got more than he bargained for in the end, with the wickets of both the openers including a brilliant stumping from himself to remove captain Rahane who was counter-attacking until that point. D'Arcy Short who had a hard time tackling spinners got out to Rana after scoring 44 runs at run-a-ball. Overall, Dinesh Karthik had a brilliant match as captain where his strategy paid off almost everytime despite under-bowling his pacers and finishing the chase with a bat forging a match-winning partnership with Nitish Rana.
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