‘The IPL has brought out a winning mentality in all our players,’ says RCB batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik | Cricket News
India broke the 13-year trophy drought when they won the 2024 T20 World Cup co-hosted West Indies and the United States and they also managed to bag another ICC title in the form of Champions Trophy 2025 earlier. Former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik credits the Indian Premier League for the rise in Indian cricket.
“The IPL has brought out a winning mentality in all our players. With the influx of money and the financial benefits that a lot of the teams receive, and in turn the stakeholders, a lot of it has been put back in infrastructure. So, when infrastructure grows, eventually the quality of sport develops as well,” RCB batting coach and mentor said as quoted an RCB press release.
“We can say that since the IPL has become a part of Indian cricket’s fabric, they can now field two to three teams in international cricket at the same time, and almost compete with each one of them. Right now, India is in a very privileged place where they have such a good assortment of cricketers across skill sets,” Karthik added.
Karthik would also share his own experience when he was a player at the Delhi Capitals and Glenn McGrath was part of the setup. “For me the whole ideology of how Australia played at that time was a massive shock. They felt like a pack of wolves out to win every game. But with IPL, in my first year, I got to spend time with Glenn McGrath in close quarters and practice with him, I got to know him better and became comfortable, which helped the confidence and mindset of competing with the best,” Karthik said.
