Team India’s veteran keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is currently playing for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the ongoing Indian
Premier League (IPL 2024) season. Karthik has played for six teams in his IPL career. The 38-year-old recently opened up about how he regrets choosing to be released by Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2013 as well.

Speaking on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel, Karthik said “I don’t have much regrets in my cricket career – one will be the fact that I didn’t want to get retained in 2013, MI could have really helped me grow & become an even better player and second will be I couldn’t be part of CSK but I respect them a lot as they bid for me every time.”

Dinesh Karthik again stated, “What MI does is provide resources in terms of practice and access to the coaches whenever you want to upskill your game. They’re always there, creating an ecosystem for you to become the best player that you can be. You can tell MI that in between Ranji Trophy matches, I want to practice and they have a field, they have coaches, they have balls and they have bowlers. They have sidearms, they will give you everything; they’ll give you a stay, they’ll give you flight tickets. They will give you everything possible to become the best version of yourself,” he added.

Dinesh Karthik will next play on Thursday, April 11, when RCB take on MI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as well.