Dinesh Karthik retires: Will Karthik continue captaincy? RCB head coach gave a big statement?
- The eliminator match was played last Wednesday in IPL 2024
- RCB lost to RR by 4 wickets
- Karthik played for 6 teams in his long IPL career
IPL 2024 saw an eliminator match last Wednesday, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 4 wickets. After this disappointing defeat, before the Bangalore players returned home, everyone congratulated the team's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on his retirement. Karthik played for 6 teams in his long IPL career, during which he played 257 matches and scored 4,842 runs and also scored 22 half-centuries. While being a wicketkeeper, he also took 145 catches and 37 stump outs.
Will Dinesh Karthik become the coach?
After losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator match, RCB head coach Andy Flower praised Karthik in the post-match presentation and said that Karthik has not played much cricket before the start of IPL 2024. Despite this, he performed well for the team in the season. During the same presentation, Andy Flower also hinted that Karthik could work as a coach in the future. Flower said that Karthik loves to commentate and has also achieved success in this profession. He also likes the idea of coaching and is always ready to help others. Flower hopes that whenever Karthik decides to take up coaching, he will do it well.
Karthik won the IPL trophy once
Dinesh Karthik is one of those players who have played all the seasons of the Indian Premier League so far. During this time he has represented 6 teams, but has been a part of the trophy-winning team only once. Karthik played for Mumbai Indians in 2012-2013 and in IPL 2013, he scored 510 runs in 19 matches and played an important role in helping Mumbai Indians win their first title.