Wicketkeeper-batsman, Dinesh Karthik has been appointed the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League.
He was purchased in the IPL auction that concluded in January for ₹ 7.6 cr by the franchise from the lovely city of Kolkata.
KKR surprised everyone when they did not retain their last few season”s captain and performer Gautam Gambhir. Gauti led the team to great heights in all its previous seasons, winning the titles is 2012 and 2014. KKR actually retained two West Indies players, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Gambhir then was taken by Delhi Daredevils in the auction as their skipper.
Humbled,proud and super excited by this honour.
Thanks @kkriders https://t.co/1jjbc33Wma— DK (@DineshKarthik) March 4, 2018
The announcement was made on the channel and the official IPL broadcaster, Star Sports. Dinesh who was sitting alongside Venky Mysore the CEO of KKR franchise, said, “Its a massive opportunity for me personally, I am very very happy, really excited because it”s a massive franchise to got this honor and rolled to be the captain of this team.It”s a very young side, there are few very interesting talents from India U-19 we have picked up,” he said about the team.
“I am looking forward to meeting them, interacting with them and getting the best out of them.”, he further added.
Here's a message for all #KnightRiders from our Captain, @DineshKarthik 😍#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/MNAvDM4tHp
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 4, 2018
Earlier, Karthik had played for Gujarat Lions, Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has an aggregate of 2903 runs at a strike rate of 125.94 in his IPL career of 152 matches.
We wish Dinesh all the luck for this challenge.
