Dinesh Karthik: In IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made it to the playoffs with a tremendous comeback, but after the defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match, their chances of winning the title were shattered once again. Along with this, dashing wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik also announced his retirement. He did not make any clear statement about his international career, but now it does not seem possible for him to return to Team India. Meanwhile, Karthik has surprised everyone by giving a big statement.

What big revelation did Dinesh Karthik make

38-year-old Dinesh Karthik made a big statement in his recent interview saying that his selection in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2022 was due to RCB fans. He said,

“I sometimes think that when I got selected for the 2022 T20 World Cup, it was because of the RCB fans. A lot of RCB fans were saying that DK should be in the team and at the age of 37, he has made a great comeback. This is something I will never forget. RCB and RCB fans have played a very important role at that time.”

There was a blast in IPL 2022

Royal Challengers Bangalore added Dinesh Karthik to their team in the mega auction of IPL 2022. Karthik proved this decision and scored 330 runs in 16 matches at an average of 55.00 and an excellent strike rate of 183.33. His explosive innings contributed significantly in taking RCB to the playoffs.

Due to this brilliant performance, Dinesh Karthik was given a place in Team India for the T20 World Cup 2022 to be played in Australia. However, here he could not show anything special.

Such was DK's career

Dinesh Karthik is only the 7th player to participate in all 17 seasons of IPL. But now he will not be seen in action mode in the next season. Karthik comes second after MS Dhoni in terms of playing the most matches in IPL. He has participated in 257 matches. During this time Karthik played for 6 different teams. He has scored 4842 runs at an average of 26.32 and a strike rate of 135.36. This also included 22 half-century innings.