Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has compared RCB’s fan base to a family and pointed to the
good and bad things from the same. The veteran was part of RCB for only one season in 2015 before returning in 2022. During his second stint, Karthik became a regular in RCB games as well.

When talking about the RCB fanbase on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel, Karthik said, “RCB fans are loyalists. They are actually family, and I say that in good and bad ways. The good way is that when you go, no matter what happens, if I walk in, they will cheer my name and make me feel like I’m the greatest player on Earth. What I mean by that is that to the outside world, they will never give up on you. If there is a fight between say you know some team and they say, “Oh, X is not a good player,” they will pounce on that person,” he said.

“On a personal level, that same fan will abuse me silently in DMs every day, rather than on a one-on-one note. He will go hard at me if I don’t do well for RCB; he will smash me, not just me, my family, and whoever is possible in my life. But to the outside world, They will not give up an RCB player,” Dinesh Karthik continued. “For them, it is very special, and what a fan base they have for a team that has been competing for 16 years! unreal fan base that they have, as I said. I’ve been part of many teams. You know all of them have fans, but RCB is incredible.”

However, Dinesh Karthik has been among the players to be part of the IPL from its inaugural season in 2008 till now as well. In his illustrious IPL career, he has scored over 4,600 runs and completed 178 dismissals as well.