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Dinesh Karthik reveals how Hardik Pandya sledged him: ‘Commentator banke bhi thoda kaam kar raha hai’ | Cricket News

insidetrack IndiaMay 30, 2024

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Dinesh Karthik brought curtains on his career after RCB’s IPL 2024 campaign came to an end in the playoffs earlier this month. A career that had its fair share of ups and downs, including some banter on field.
Speaking to Cricbuzz in a recent interview, the former Indian keeper batter revealed a particular incident he found hilarious that featured the Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya.
“Hardik Pandya sledged me saying ‘Abhi legspinner aaya, iska thank you hi hai’ [Now a legspinner will come and it is Thank You time] Then I had to play a couple of shots and then he was like ‘Theek hai, thoda improve hogaya lag raha hai’. [Looks like he’s improved a bit]. That was good. He’s a good friend. He was also like ‘Commentator banke bhi thoda kaam kar raha hai’. [Even after becoming a commentator, he’s working on his game] That was fun. Rohit Sharma this year taunting me… unnecessarily giving me hopes,” Karthik shared.
At the other end of the spectrum, on the greatest compliments he’s received during his career, Karthik shared two instances featuring his RCB teammate Virat Kohli and former India captain MS Dhoni.

“There’s been a lot of outpouring of love… One for my cricket – Virat Kohli saying that he’d love me being part of the [RCB] team which was a great compliment. Dhoni said: ‘I’ve really enjoyed your commentary, DK. Very, very good.’ That’s about as big a compliment as you can get from Dhoni I guess,” he said.

Karthik would play a pivotal role in RCB’s road to the Eliminator that also included the team winning six games in a row to seal a top-four qualification. He scored 326 runs from 15 outings at a strike rate of 187.36.
Karthik is part of the ICC commentators l for the summer’s T20 World Cup in USA and the Caribbean.
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