Dinesh Karthik will be the first Indian to play in South Africa's T20 league. He has signed a contract with the Paarl Royals team there. The next season of SA20 will start from 9 January. This will be the first tournament in which Karthik will play after the announcement of retirement.
Dinesh Karthik has achieved great success. After retiring from IPL, he will now play in SA20. He will be seen playing in the next season of this league. Dinesh Karthik will be the first Indian player to play in South Africa's T20 league. According to ESPNcricinfo, Dinesh Karthik has signed a contract with SA20's Paarl Royals team for the next season. He will be playing the role of a foreign player for this team.
SA20 will be the first tournament in which 39-year-old Dinesh Karthik will be seen playing after announcing his retirement in June this year. Karthik has played 180 international matches for India. He played his last match for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024, in which he can now be seen in the role of mentor cum batting coach.
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Dinesh Karthik has tremendous experience of T20 matches. He has played 401 matches in this format. He has experience of playing for 6 teams in IPL. Karthik has been counted among the fittest cricketers of IPL. He has missed only 2 matches in 17 seasons of IPL.
BCCI allows only retired players to play in foreign T20 leagues. Last year Ambati Rayudu was seen playing in the Caribbean Premier League. After that he played for Dubai Capitals in ILT20 along with Yusuf Pathan. Two years ago Suresh Raina also played in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.
Paarl Royals announced their retention last week. For the next season of SA20, this team has retained 3 players including captain David Miller. In the last season of SA20, the team of Paarl Royals had reached the qualifiers. However, in the eliminator they had to face Johannesburg Super Kings by 9 wickets.
