Former wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team Dinesh Karthik will once again be seen playing in the foreign league. Last year, Karthik played in South Africa’s SAT20 League. Now Karthik will be seen playing in the International T20 League i.e. LT20. He will be part of the team of Sharjah Warriors in this league. Karthik has replaced Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis in the Warriors team. The coach of this team is former South African cricketer JP Duminy.

On joining this league, Dinesh Karthik said, “I am very excited to join the Sharjah Warriors team for the DP World ILT20 tournament. I know that he is a young team and whatever desires to do something special. I am happy to come here. Sharjah is also one of the prestigious stadiums where everyone wants to play. The dream is like coming true. “

This will be the second foreign T20 league for Dinesh Karthik. He has earlier been a part of SA20’s team Parl Royals in South Africa. For Royals, he scored 97 runs in six innings. Karthik is also the batting coach of IPL 2025 Champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

In RCB, Karthik worked closely with Tim David of Australia, one of the foreign players of Sharjah Warriors. Warriors’ head coach Duminy said, “Dinesh Karthik is one of the most experienced players and has mastered T20 cricket. I am very excited to find him in his team for the upcoming session of DP World ILT20.”

Dinesh Karthik has 7437 runs in 412 T20 matches. During this time, he has scored 35 half -centuries with runs scoring runs from a strike of 136.66. He has scored 686 runs in 60 T20 Internationals for India at 142.61 strike rate.

Former wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team, Dinesh Karthik, who has retired from international cricket, will once again be seen in Blue Jersey. Dinesh Karthik has been made the captain of Team India for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament. The organizers of the tournament themselves gave this information on Tuesday.

The Hong Kong Sixes tournament will be played from 7 November this year. The Indian team has not been announced for the tournament yet. The organizers have announced only the captain. Earlier it was reported that Dinesh Karthik will be the captain of India in this tournament. Now the organizers have also confirmed it.

Dinesh Karthik’s first reaction after getting captaincy

After getting the captaincy, Dinesh Karthik said, “It is a matter of pride to handle Team India captaincy in Hong Kong Sixes. I am waiting to play with such good players. We will play fearless and entertaining cricket.”

Cricket Hong Kong China President Burji Shroff said, “We are thrilled by making Dinesh Karthik the captain of Team India for Hong Kong Sixes 2025. His captaincy and immense experience will be very useful for the team and we are sure that his presence will be the center of attraction for the audience.”

Such was Dinesh Karthik’s cricketing career, more than 250 matches played in IPL

Dinesh Karthik, who made his last international debut in international cricket for India in 2004, played his last international match in 2022. Dinesh Karthik played 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20 International matches for India. In the Test, Karthik has 1025 runs, 1752 runs in ODIs and 686 runs in T20 International. He also played 257 IPL matches. During this, he scored 4842 runs.

Dinesh Karthik played for many teams continuously since IPL 2008. He played his last match in the IPL in 2024. Dinesh Karthik also played in South Africa’s SAT20 League last year. In this league, he also played many useful innings with the bat.