DTVHINDI‘Unless you are Shahid Afridi’ – Dinesh Karthik takes a dig at ‘Lala’ amid retirement rumors
IPL 2024 Karthik is performing brilliantly for RCB Shahid Afridi and Dinesh Karthik (Image Credit- Twitter Indian cricket team’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing IPL 2024 season. So before the start of this season, Karthik had announced that the ongoing IPL season is going to be the last season of his career. On the other hand, recently while talking about his retirement, Dinesh Karthik has taken a dig at former Pakistan cricket team player Shahid Afridi. It is worth noting that Afridi had taken out retirement several times to play cricket during his cricket career. Dinesh Karthik took a dig at Shahid Afridi Let us tell you that while talking about his retirement, Dinesh Karthik while talking to Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket Podcast said – It is ending and it had to end. I batted well in a few matches, I felt good, which was quite surprising. Mixing between playing cricket and broadcasting is not an easy thing. I played the DY Patil cricket tournament, but I felt very bad in it. Karthik further said about retirement – Unless you are Shahid Afridi, but in most cases once it happens, it happens in one go. Once you finish it, why am I regretting something or missing something? But I regret one thing that Mumbai Indians had missed the opportunity to write me. I feel I have missed this opportunity, they (MI) wanted me not to play for Chennai Super Kings because I am from Chennai, they bid for me every time but could not get me in their team. I wish I could turn back time and change some things.
IND vs ENG 2nd Test: James Anderson breaks Lala Amarnath’s 72 year old record
Anderson has made Shubman Gill his victim for the 5th time. James Anderson. (Image Source: Getty Images) The second Test match between India and England is being played in Visakhapatnam from Friday, February 2. By playing in this match, James Anderson has made a new record in his name in Test cricket. The experienced England player became the oldest fast bowler to play a Test match on Indian soil. Presently the age of James Anderson is 41 years and 187 days. Before him, this record was in the name of former Indian Lala Amarnath, who played against Pakistan on Indian soil in 1952 at the age of 41 years and 92 days. This record remained in his name for 72 years, but now in 2024, Anderson has become the oldest fast bowler to play Test in India. During the telecast of the first day of the game in Visakhapatnam, the broadcasters showed a graphic which showed the top-5 oldest fast bowlers to play Test in India. Social media users shared its screen shot, which you can see below. Jimmy Anderson becomes the oldest pacer to play Test cricket in India. pic.twitter.com/v2SEaxEyZC — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 2, 2024 Apart from James Anderson and Lala Amarnath, this list also includes Ray Lindwall (38 years, 112 days), Shute Banerjee (37 years, 124 days) and Ghulam Gard (34 years, 20 days). . The interesting thing is that all the players in this list had played in the matches before 1961. Anderson troubled three generations James Anderson is the bowler who has taken the most Test wickets on Indian soil. He has troubled three different generations of the Indian cricket team. When Sachin Tendulkar was active, Anderson had dismissed him 9 times. After this he targeted Virat Kohli and dismissed him on seven occasions. Now he has made Shubman Gill his victim 5 times. In today’s match, James Anderson got Shubman Gill caught behind the wicket.
