Just after Royal Challengers Bangalore were knocked out of IPL 2024, veteran Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik decided to retire. However, everyone was shocked by this sudden decision taken by the cricketer.

Looking at Karthik’s performance and fitness in the last season of IPL, it seemed that he still had a few more years of cricket left in him, but he suddenly decided to retire from cricket.

Because of this, Karthik had decided to retire early

Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Cricbuzz, Karthik said- I think I was physically ready to play cricket for the next three years. After the impact player rule, it became even easier. I think I could have gone ahead for another IPL cycle. Apart from this, there are not many issues in my life.

Karthik further said- I have never missed a match in my cricket career due to injury. I got this as a blessing. I was never worried about my body and fitness. It was all about the mental aspect whether I would be able to put in as much effort as is needed before the tournament. If I don’t play enough matches, will I not have a problem with it? It was just a mental aspect.

From this statement given by Karthik, you can guess that he decided to retire from cricket due to mentality. On the other hand, if we give you information about DK’s performance in the last season of RCB, he scored 326 runs in a rapid style at an excellent strike rate of 187.36 and an average of 36.22. Along with this, the fans also got to see two half-centuries from his bat.