Dinesh Karthik is set to bid farewell to cricket after the IPL 2024

Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik is going to bid farewell to international cricket after the IPL 2024, or may be from all cricket formats post-league, as per the reports revealed by the news agency PTI. Dinesh Karthik has been making regular appearances in the Indian Premier League. The wicketkeeper batter has represented six different teams in the IPL since the inaugural season back in 2008, and as of now, he has been contracted with the Royal Challengers Bangalore, whom he represented in the last two seasons. He had an awesome run with RCB in 2022 when he played the role of finisher for the team. His performance in the league that year also earned him a seat in the Indian T20 team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.

“This 2024 edition will be his (Dinesh Karthik’s) last IPL. He will decide his international retirement after the IPL,”
BCCI source told PTI

Dinesh Karthik was part of the IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) from 2008 to 2010, then he was acquired by Kings Xi Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2011. He played for the franchise for two seasons before going back to Delhi’s team for the 2014 season. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, who acquired him for 10.5 crores in 2015.

He spent two seasons with the Gujarat Lions (2015, 2016) before serving the Kolkata Knight Riders for four seasons. In 2022, KKR released him and RCB got him back for Rs 5.5 crores. During that season, he scored 330 runs in 16 matches with a strike rate of 183.33. Following the season, he didn’t leave that much impact with his bat but did well with the mic in the commentary box, getting to his statistics Dinesh Karthik has played 242 IPL matches and has missed only two matches in his entire IPL career, scoring 4516 runs with 20 half-centuries.

He played his last T20I match against Bangladesh in 2022, which was his 60th T20I match. Dinesh Karthik has scored 686 T20I runs in his illustrious career.