Former Indian team wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has been appointed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as the batting coach and mentor of their team. The franchise announced this on Monday by sharing a post on social media. Dinesh Karthik retired from IPL last season, but now Karthik will be seen in a new role. Karthik has played for RCB as well as other teams in IPL.
RCB shared a post on Twitter (formerly Twitter) and gave a big information. RCB said that Dinesh Karthik has been entrusted with the responsibility of the mentor and batting coach of the team. RCB wrote that Karthik is returning to RCB with a new avatar. Dinesh Karthik will be the batting coach and mentor of the RCB men's team. You can take someone out of cricket, but you cannot take cricket out of him.
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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) July 1, 2024
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Let us tell you that in IPL 2024, the head coach of the RCB team was Andy Flower, batting coach Sridharan Sriram, bowling coach Adam Griffith and fielding coach Malolan Rangarajan. Now in IPL 2025, Dinesh Karthik will be seen playing the role of mentor and batting coach of the RCB team.
Earlier, Karthik had officially informed about his retirement from IPL on his 39th birthday. Announcing his retirement on X, he wrote that I am overwhelmed by the love and support I have received in the last few days. My deep gratitude and heartfelt thanks to all the fans who made this possible. After thinking about it for a long time, I have decided to retire from cricket. I officially announce my retirement. Leaving my playing days behind, I am ready for the new challenges ahead.
Dinesh Karthik is jointly second in the list of players who have played the most matches in IPL. Dinesh Karthik has played a total of 257 matches in IPL. So Dhoni holds the record for playing the most matches in IPL, Dhoni has played a total of 264 matches for CSK.
Also, if we give you information about Karthik's IPL career, then he has scored a total of 4842 runs in 257 matches at a strike rate of 26.32 and 135.36. Dinesh Karthik's performance was very good in the Indian Premier League 2024
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