Indian team’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. Let us tell you, Dinesh Karthik was seen playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2024. However, as soon as RCB faced defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match, Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement from this wonderful tournament.

Dinesh Karthik’s performance was very good in the Indian Premier League 2024 and many people believed that the experienced player should also be included in the Indian team for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. However, this did not happen and the team management gave place to Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson as wicketkeeper. Today i.e. on June 1, Dinesh Karthik announced on his official social media account that he is now going to retire from international cricket as well.

Dinesh Karthik has shared a letter and a video on his official social media account. In this letter, he has told that he is now going to retire from international cricket and he also thanked many people for his cricketing journey.

Here is Dinesh Karthik’s tweet:

It’s official 💖

Thanks
DK 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/NGVnxAJMQ3

— DK (@DineshKarthik) June 1, 2024

Dinesh Karthik’s performance has been very good in international cricket as well. Let us tell you, Dinesh Karthik has played 26 Test matches for the Indian team in which he scored 1025 runs at an average of 25 and a strike rate of 49.28. He has 7 half-centuries and a century in this format. In 94 ODI matches, Dinesh Karthik has scored 1752 runs at an average of over 30 and a strike rate of 73.24. He has scored 9 half-centuries in ODIs.

In the T20 format, the brilliant wicketkeeper batsman from the Indian team has scored 686 runs in 60 matches at a strike rate of 142.65. Many cricket fans will be very disappointed that Dinesh Karthik will not be seen playing cricket again. However, now Dinesh Karthik can be seen doing commentary in important matches.