Dinesh_Karthik

Dinesh Karthik Biography

Personal Bio

Full Name: Dinesh Karthik Biography
Birthday:June 1st 1985(35 Years)
Height: 6 ft 5 inches (1.7 m)
Nationality: Indian
Hair & Eye colour: Black
Pet Name: DK
Role: Wicket-Keeper/ Right hand batsman
Home Town: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indian

Family Bio

Marital Status: Married
Wife’s Name:
First Wife: Nikita Vanjara (2007 – 2012)
Current Wife: Dipika Pallikal (2015 – Present)
Current Marriage Location: ITC Grand Chole, Chennai

Interesting Facts about Dinesh Karthik

  • Dinesh was born in the south with a family who was into sports. His father played first-division cricket for Chennai.
  • In his childhood, he was settled in Kuwait. There he also began playing cricket and was a fan of watching English country cricket on TV.
  • Robin Singh, the former Indian cricketer was his coach.
  • His ex-wife Nikita Vanjara is married to cricketer Mulari Vijay
  • His current wife is an Indian squash champion.
  • His jersey number was #19 that was Rahul Dravid’s jersey number before.
  • He is a die-hard fan of sports car.

Dinesh Karthik IPL Career

In the first season of IPL he played with Delhi Capitals. In 2011, Kings XI Punjab bought him for $900,000. In the next season he was bought by Mumbai Indians and in 2014 he returned back to Delhi Capitals. In 2015, he was bought by RCB and in 2018 by KKR and became the captain. In 2020, KKR bought him for 7.40 Cr.

Dinesh Karthik stats

Wicketkeeper

Career Batting Stats

Right-Handed Batsman
Format
M
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
BF
BF
SR
100s
50s
Test
2004–18
26
42
1
1025
129
25.0
2080
212
49.3
1
7
ODI
2004–19
94
79
21
1752
79
30.2
2392
85
73.2
0
9
T20I
2006–19
32
26
14
399
48
33.2
278
29
143.5
0
0
IPL
2008–
192
173
29
3799
97*
26.4
2930
50
129.7
0
19
1st class
2002–
167
254
19
9620
213
40.9
16393
396
58.7
28
43
List A
2002–
238
209
37
6891
154*
40.1
7510
83
91.8
11
37
T20
2006–
298
265
50
5853
97*
27.2
4409
50
132.8
0
30

Career Fielding Stats

Wicketkeeper
Format
Catches
Run Outs
Stumpings
Test
2004–18
57
2
6
ODI
2004–19
64
2
7
T20I
2006–19
14
1
5
IPL
2008–
114
13
30
1st class
2002–
386
8
46
List A
2002–
211
11
42
T20
2006–
177
19
59

Career Bowling Stats

Right-Arm Off Spin Bowler
Format
M
Inn
B
Mdn
Runs
W
BB
Econ
Avg
SR
4W
5W
Test
2004–18
26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
ODI
2004–19
94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
T20I
2006–19
32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
IPL
2008–
192
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1st class
2002–
167
5
120
0
130
0
0/5
6.50
–
–
0
0
List A
2002–
238
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
T20
2006–
298
1
12
0
10
1
1/10
5.00
10.0
12.0
0
0