It is because of RCB’s fans that I got picked for 2022 T20 World Cup: Dinesh Karthik

The association between former Indian wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise has come to an end as Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the 2024 edition of IPL. In a video released on RCB’s X handle, Dinesh expressed his gratitude for the fans. “RCB has been extraordinary. RCB basically means the fans. The amount of love I received. I sometimes feel the amount of love I received. I sometimes feel the 2022 World Cup, when I did get picked, it is because of RCB’s fans that I got picked. There was such a huge wave of people saying, DK has to be there. I’ll never forget it. To make a comeback at the age of 37, I hadn’t played international cricket for quite a long time before that. RCB and RCB fans have played a very important part in that small part of me going back and playing for the country and representing India in the world cup. I’ll always be thankful to them,” Dinesh said. 

Also Read: Dinesh Karthik gave me a very honest explanation of how he saw things: Virat Kohli 

Dinesh originally hails from and has represented Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. He highlighted that despite the rivalry between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the fans have stood behind him throughout his period of association with the franchise. “The relationship between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have always been at loggerheads. Even in Cricket, there’s always been a massive  rivalry. The fact that I have still played for Bengaluru and the fans of Bengaluru have embraced me like they would any other player from their own state has been something I’ll be very proud of,” Dinesh added.

We’ve seen his friends and colleagues sing praises and give him a fitting farewell from the game, and thanks to the humble and understated character that he is, we had to push DK to speak about the highs and lows of his career, and the love he’s been getting from RCB fans and… pic.twitter.com/p7oXLr3BgK

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)

We’ve seen his friends and colleagues sing praises and give him a fitting farewell from the game, and thanks to the humble and understated character that he is, we had to push DK to speak about the highs and lows of his career, and the love he’s been getting from RCB fans and… pic.twitter.com/p7oXLr3BgK

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) May 24, 2024

">May 24, 2024