Talking about Dinesh Karthik, cricketer-commentator Piyush Chawla said, "Whenever...Karthik has got to play more balls, other than the South Africa series, he has looked...confused." Chawla added that Karthik is a dangerous player when given four to five overs to bat. Karthik scored 29 runs in the recently concluded T20I series against England. He had a strike rate of 93.54.