“This happened in 2011 also when a left-hander replaced a right-hander before knockout” – Twitter reacts as Rishabh Pant replaces Dinesh Karthik in the Indian team before T20WC 2022 semi-finals

The 3rd and the last match of the day and also of the Super 12 round as India is currently taking on Zimbabwe with the aim to reclaim the top spot in the group.

While India got to know about their qualification earlier on today, they had only prepared for do and die match as had South Africa won their match against Netherlands, this could have been a must win match for India.

Meanwhile, now that they know they have qualified for semi-finals, team India have made one change for the match against Zimbabwe as Rishabh Pant has come in for Dinesh Karthik.

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Meanwhile, some superstitious fans are now comparing this again with India’s 2011 World Cup winning campaign and believes that the history is repeating itself.

Fans believe that Pant coming in for Karthik is a repeation of when Suresh Raina replaced Yusuf Pathan in that edition just before India’s knockout matches.

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