Veteran Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik is currently playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024. Karthik has played for six different teams in his IPL career.
The 38-year-old recently admitted to regretting his decision to leave Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2013. He believes that staying with the franchise longer would have benefited his career greatly.
The experienced player also revealed that another career regret of his is not representing Chennai Super Kings (CSK), his home state team. Karthik, however, admitted that Chennai has tried to acquire him in the auction multiple times.
During an appearance on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel, Karthik remarked:
“I don’t have much regrets in my cricket career – one will be the fact that I didn’t want to get retained in 2013, MI could have really helped me grow & become an even better player and second will be I couldn’t be part of CSK but I respect them a lot as they bid for me every time.”
Dinesh Karthik has accumulated 90 runs in four innings during IPL 2024, boasting a strike rate of 173.07.
“They’re always there, creating an ecosystem for you to become the best player that you can be” – Dinesh Karthik views on Mumbai Indians
Dinesh Karthik emphasized that the Mumbai-based team supports its players by providing access to venues and coaches for practice, enabling them to enhance their skills to the fullest.
Expanding on this point, Karthik added:
“What MI does is provide resources in terms of practice and access to the coaches whenever you want to upskill your game. They’re always there, creating an ecosystem for you to become the best player that you can be.”
“You can tell MI that in between Ranji Trophy matches, I want to practice and they have a field, they have coaches, they have balls and they have bowlers.”
“They have sidearms, they will give you everything; they’ll give you a stay, they’ll give you flight tickets. They will give you everything possible to become the best version of yourself,” he added.
Dinesh Karthik’s next appearance will be on Thursday, April 11, when RCB faces MI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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