IPL 2019: Dinesh Karthik sacking not discussed, says Jacques Kallis3Photo© thequint.com

IPL 2019: Dinesh Karthik sacking not discussed, says Jacques Kallis

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Dinesh Karthik’s leadership skills have come under scanner after Kolkata Knight Riders’ five back-to-back defeats in the ongoing IPL but coach Jacques Kallis said that there has been no discussions on removing the under-fire captain.  “No. We haven’t discussed it, nor it had been brought up. So now there’s been no talk about that,” Kallis said when asked about a possibility of a shake up like Rajasthan Royals where Ajinkya Rahane was removed for non-performance.

“Hopefully, he (Karthik) can get in and get us some big runs. That will certainly mean a lot to the team and as much as he wants to do it,” the South African great said of his skipper, who averages a dismal 16.71 from nine innings this season.

However it is learnt that the team’s principal owner Shah Rukh Khan had called the top players to Mumbai.