The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batsman, cricketer Dinesh Karthik turned into a commentator since the finale of the World Test Championship. He has been receiving appreciation from the cricketing fraternity and the fans for his jovial and refreshing approach towards commentary. But now what has garnered the audacity is that the Indian head coach, Ravi Shastri has also encouraged Dinesh Karthik.
Ravi Shastri who is considered as one of the best commentatora in the world, gave a mark of approval to Dinesh Karthik for his stint in the commentary box. The entire incident came to the fore when Shastri heard commentator David Lloyd praising Karthik for doing a phenomenal job. Shastri was listening to the Sky commentary on his earpiece and reacted to it by making a thumbs-up gesture appreciating Karthik.
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This response from Ravi Shastri would definitely have been a moment to savor for Karthik who has recently jumped into the broadcasting and commentary arena. He has looked happy and seems to be enjoying his new job. Replying to journalist Bharat Sundaresan’s tweet, Karthik agreed that this certainly is the ultimate vote of confidence for him. He wrote: “Most definitely Bharat ❤️🙂”
Most definitely Bharat ❤️🙂 https://t.co/LkNLHQmCXs
— DK (@DineshKarthik) August 4, 2021
Earlier, Dinesh Karthik shared a picture with Sky Sports’ commentary panel for the 5-match Test series between England and India. He had posted a picture on his Instagram story which featured some of the greats of the job. Michael Holding, Mike Atherton, Ian Ward, David Lloyd, and Mel Jones were some of them. Karthik captioned it as: “That’s the comm box at Sky for the first Test.”
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This new task took up by the Kolkata Knight Riders’ cricketer has left his fans fascinated. He was in the commentary box even during the England and Sri Lanka ODI series had asserted that he wanted to break the stereotype in India that only former cricketers can take up the broadcasting job.
