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From player to coach! Dinesh Karthik named RCB’s new batting coach & mentor

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have named veteran Dinesh Karthik as the side’s new batting coach and mentor. The former India star announced his retirement from IPL following RCB’s exit from IPL 2024 in the Playoffs stage. As per Cricbuzz, Karthik will now move on to being a part of the support staff as RCB continues to hunt for a maiden IPL trophy.

Dinesh Karthik to coach RCB?

Welcome our keeper in every sense, 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗸, back into RCB in an all new avatar. DK will be the 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 of RCB Men’s team!

You can take the man out of cricket but not cricket out of the man! Shower him with all the… pic.twitter.com/Cw5IcjhI0v

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) July 1, 2024

Dinesh Karthik stats

FormatMatchesRunsTests261025ODIs941752T20Is60686T20s4017407

Karthik leaves behind a remarkable IPL legacy. As one of the league’s founding members, he has played a staggering 257 matches – the joint second-highest alongside Rohit Sharma – falling just short of MS Dhoni’s record of 264 appearances.

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