There were many heroes for India. Most prominent among them was Dinesh Karthik, whose innings of 55 off 27 balls gave the impression that he batted alone. Today we will discuss about Dinesh Karthik: Wife| Net Worth| Children| South Africa batting.
Dinesh Karthik: Wife| Net Worth| Children| South Africa batting
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian professional cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team at the national level and currently plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He is also the current captain of the Tamil Nadu cricket team in domestic cricket. He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. Karthik has become the fourth Indian batsman to play 300 T20 matches.
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| Full name | Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik |
| Born | 1 June 1985 Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off break |
| Role | Wicket-keeper batsman |
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Wife
Dinesh Karthik’s first wife name is Nikita Vijay.
Net Worth
Mr. Dinesh Karthik’s net worth is estimated to be around $12 million USD, which in Indian currency is roughly equivalent to 90 crore Indian Rupees (i.e. around ninety crore rupees). The main source of Dinesh Karthik’s income and net worth came from cricket.
Children
Kabir Pallikal Karthik and Jiyan Pallikal Karthik are the names of two boys. The couple wrote on Twitter, “And as 3 turns 5 Deepika and I have been blessed with two beautiful kids kabir pallikal karthik jiyan pallikal karthik and we couldn’t be happier.”
South Africa batting
Dinesh Karthik on Friday, 17 June became the oldest Indian batsman to score a fifty in men’s T20I cricket. The 37-year-old scored his maiden fifty in the shortest format of the game at international level in his 36th T20I match, which came 16 years after making India’s debut in T20Is.
Dinesh Karthik scored 55 runs in just 27 balls, attacking South Africa’s bowlers, after going into beast mode in the final overs in the fourth T20I of the ongoing 5-match series at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Karthik hit 2 sixes and 9 fours at the rate of more than 200.
Karthik shared a 65-run stand with his vice-captain Hardik Pandya as the duo put together valuable runs in the middle of their 5.3 overs. India scored 56 runs in the first 10 overs and added 113 runs in the last 10 overs as Karthik and Hardik stormed the South African bowling attack.
