The Mumbai Indians skipper, who was in much pain, was soon helped by the support staff and team physio Nitin Patel.
Karthik said in-form Andre Russell batted with a "lot of maturity" after the all-rounder anchored his side in a losing cause against Chennai Super Kings.
The 26-year-old was also able to bowl five dot balls in the 19th over of the Knight Riders' innings and he was able to bog down the big-hitter Andre Russell.
Dinesh Karthik admitted that the team had not put on enough runs on the board.
Dhoni and his team were so tired that they were resting on the floor after the match against KKR finished late with Sakshi also giving company to her hubby.
Chahar also pointed out that he uses his time with skipper MS Dhoni to talk about the finer skills of bowling and areas that he can improve on.
CSK won by seven wickets as Harbhajan (2/15) and Tahir (2/21) bowled magnificently to derail the KKR batting.
While KXIP sit pretty on the third spot in the points table with four wins from six games, MI are fifth with three wins from five games.
Watson and du Plessis got off to a good start in 109 chase, before the former departed. Faf stayed right through till the end, making a decent stand with Raina first, and then adding two solid stands with Rayudu and Jadhav to allow his team to earn maximum points.
Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets to go on top of the IPL 2019 points table.
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