
Dinesh Karthik Played Under 12 Different Captains: Cricket is one such game. Which is liked almost all over the world. Cricket lovers want to know every thing related to their favorite players every day. Former Team India cricketer Dinesh Karthik has definitely said goodbye to international cricket. But even today his fans remain curious to know interesting things related to him. If you are also a fan of 39 year old ‘DK’, then we have brought before you an interesting story related to him.
A unique record is registered in the name of Dinesh Karthik
You will be surprised to know that Dinesh Karthik has participated under the leadership of 12 captains from all over the world. The interesting thing in this is that among these 12 captains, apart from 11 Indians, one Pakistani captain is also included.
Karthik made his international debut under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.
Karthik played his international match for the first time on September 5, 2004 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. After that, he managed to create magic under the leadership of Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya.
Karthik has shown his magic even under the leadership of this foreign captain.
Apart from the Indian captains, Dinesh Karthik has also shown his talent under the leadership of former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi. There is no need to tell anyone who Shahid Afridi is. His name is famous in the sports world as an excellent captain as well as an excellent all-rounder. Karthik had participated on behalf of ICC XI under the leadership of Afridi.
Dinesh Karthik’s international cricket career
Talking about Dinesh Karthik’s international cricket career, he managed to play a total of 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20 matches for the country. During this period, he scored 1025 runs in 42 Test innings at an average of 25.00, 1752 runs in 79 ODI innings at an average of 30.20 and 686 runs in 48 T20 innings at an average of 26.38.
Karthik has one century and seven half-centuries in his name in Test cricket, nine half-centuries in ODI and one half-century in T20 International cricket.
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