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Dinesh Karthik who was let go by his former IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders has now shown interest in the four time title-holder Chennai Super Kings in the backdrop of mega auction which is slated to happen on February 12 and February 13 in Bengaluru.
With the auction closing in, Karthik has stated that he could be privileged to be part of the defending champions Chennai Super Kings however on the identical time, has additionally stated that it’s powerful for him to choose a alternative in the mean time. The Tamil Nadu cricketer has represented six groups within the IPL together with Delhi, Punjab, the now-defunct Gujarat Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore, five-time champions Mumbai Indians, and KKR respectively.
“It’s very hard for me to answer this question because it will be a very cliched answer. I’ll try and do everything that I can, not only to do well for the franchisee I play for but for myself also,” said Karthik as quoted as saying by India Today.
“Look, it’s great if I can play for CSK. I’m from Chennai. But at the end of the day, what’s important for me is whichever team that I get to play in, it will be an absolute honor because as I said, all this practice that I’ve been doing these days is to try and do well in a tournament like the IPL”, he added.
The two-time Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders made some bold decisions while retaining the players ahead of the mega IPL 2022 auction. KKR released their skipper Eoin Morgan and senior pros including Dinesh Karthik, Shakib Al Hasan and Pat Cummins to retain Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer.
It would be fascinating to see if the four-time winners show interest in Karthik on the IPL 2022 mega public sale as they appear to rebuild their group with a purpose to take the legacy ahead. CSK would as soon as once more be led by the charismatic MS Dhoni within the fifteenth version of the marquee event which is reportedly scheduled to get underway on March 27.
The four-time champions have retained star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, opening batter Ruturak Gaikwad and all-rounder Moeen Ali and it's skipper MS Dhoni.
Dhoni has been retained by CSK as the second-choice player for Rs 12 crore while Jadeja has been the first-choice retention for Rs 16 crore. Ali is CSK's third-choice retained player and will be drawing a salary of Rs 8 crore while Gaikwad has been retained for Rs 6 crore.
Chennai Super Kings lifted the IPL 2021 trophy for the fourth time, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in this season’s final in Dubai on Friday. It was CSK’s ninth final in the history of the tournament, an incredible record already.
