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Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has revealed how former India World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni complimented him for his commentary skills in the recent RCB podcast. While speaking to host Danish Sait, Karthik spoke about being a commentator while playing cricket and stated how his biggest accolade has been Dhoni’s commendation about his commentary.


Karthik, who has been in and out of the Indian team, found himself in the commentary box in the summer of 2021, when India travelled to England for a long series. The Tamil Nadu cricketer gained a lot of notoriety for his astute analysis and fun tongue-in-cheek banter with other commentators. 


Addressing this journey as a commentator and the message he received from MSD, Dinesh Karthik said, “My biggest accolade came from the person that I least expected from — MS Dhoni. He called me and said: ‘I really enjoyed the commentary.”


“Very, very good. Well done.’ I was like, wow, thank you so much. So, that is big, you know, obviously, he watches a lot of this sport. And so, and to hear him say that was really good. And I was happy that you enjoyed my commentary,” Karthik added on the RCB Podcast.


Further in the podcast, Dinesh Karthik spoke about his approach towards commentary and how still being around the team gives his analysis a new dimension. He talked about presenting the fans watching something meaningful.


He said, “I enjoyed commentary in the little stints that I did. I think I enjoyed speaking about the game, looking at it very analytically, at the same time trying to, you know, get something meaningful across to everybody who’s watching this sport. So, you know, I always tried to make sense out of a situation in my own way and tried to articulate it in the way I thought it was.”


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