It was reported earlier than the 2024 version of the IPL that the senior India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik can be enjoying his last season within the event and the 38-year-old has confirmed the identical in the course of the Sky Sports Podcast with former England cricketers Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton. Karthik, who has taken to commentary and broadcasting like fish to water talked about that it has been troublesome balancing the 2 and felt that it is the precise time.
“I’m pretty sure that this is my last IPL. Why I don’t commit, I don’t know, the human mind is pretty fickle,” Karthik mentioned whereas talking to Nasser and Atherton on Sky Sports Podcast. When pressed by Nasser as to why he was retiring regardless of having had a fantastic begin to this 12 months’s IPL, Karthik took a dig on the former England captain.
“Nas, you are a tiger in sheep’s clothes. I am not going to trust a word of what you said. Nas doesn’t like me as a person, as a player, as a wicketkeeper let alone any part of me. This was the first time he said oh you smashed it. But still, if you ask him if he puts the Indian team right now and ask six keepers I would be the eighth on the list,” Karthik mentioned concentrating on Nasser.
“Last year at the World Cup the only person who wanted me so badly out of the team… You took an interview with me you stabbed me in the back. Where is the Rishabh Pant that was the headline we got. Don’t try to play nice and coy with me. After ten games he would probably give me a ring and say I just thought for a second you batted well now looks good. On a serious note, it has been a good start for me personally,” he added.
After all of the enjoyable and jokes, Karthik responded critically saying, “I have had these conversations with both of you last season as to how do you decide when to retire. Is there something called a nice swansong? It has come to an end. I did bat well for a couple of games, it felt good which was very surprising. I was doing a lot of broadcasting, trying hard to practice.”
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Karthik talked about that it hasn’t been simple for him to broadcast whereas enjoying concurrently saying that staying match and doing talent observe on the similar time is robust and therefore the decision. Asked if he had any regrets and Karthik talked about it once more that deciding to not be retained by the Mumbai Indians not attending to play for the Chennai Super Kings in his IPL profession can be two issues, he wished he might have turned them round.
Karthik has had an amazing begin to the 2024 version of the IPL and can hope to finish his illustrious profession within the cash-rich league on a excessive personally, regardless of his crew RCB struggling within the event in the mean time.
