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Dinesh Karthik has earned plaudits from former Indian skipper MS Dhoni for his commentary in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) wicketkeeper-batter has termed the praise from former teammate as his "biggest accolade".
"I enjoyed commentary in the little stints that I did. I think I enjoyed speaking about the game, looking at it very analytically, at the same time trying to, you know, get something meaningful across to everybody who's watching this sport.
"So, you know, I always tried to make sense out of a situation in my own way and tried to articulate it in the way I thought it was," Karthik said in the RCB podcast.
The 37-year-old added, "And my biggest accolade came from the person that I least expected from - MS Dhoni. He called me and said: 'I really enjoyed the commentary. Very, very good. Well done'.
"I was like, wow, thank you so much. So, that is big, you know, obviously, he watches a lot of this sport. And so to hear him say that was really good. And I was happy that you enjoyed my commentary."
Karthik did an exceptional job for RCB as their designated finisher. He scored 330 runs from 16 matches at an average of 55 including one half-century. Following a successful Indian Premier League (IPL) season, he made a comeback into India’s T20I side and was picked for T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
Karthik also lauded his RCB teammate Virat Kohli for carrying the franchise on his back for the last decade.
"What he has achieved as a person... he has literally carried the team for the last 10 years. His consistency and mastery over the game, I don't think anybody has achieved it in the world of cricket for a very, very long time, his dominance for about close to a decade is unparalleled.
"We have to understand that there are three different formats, and playing three different formats itself is difficult and then there he is averaging 50 in all of them, travelling abroad scoring as well," he said.
“I can speak about him a lot. He is very chill, very easy, with the bowlers, the young guys.”
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