IPL 2022: “Want To Be Part Of World Cup Desperately,” Dinesh Karthik tells Virat Kohli

Dinesh Karthik is having a time of his life in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2022 season as he has scored 197 runs in six games for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and consistently performing the finisher’s role. Looking at how Dinesh Karthik has been playing, the calls for including him in India’s T20 World Cup squad are rising by the minute and now, the wicketkeeper has even told Virat Kohli that he desperately wants to be the part of World Cup squad and wants to help the Rohit Sharma-led side win a multi-nation tournament. So, then I took it on myself that okay this is what I need to do. I have been practicing for so long and that was the small term goal,” Karthik told Kohli in a video posted on IPL’s official website.

“The big vision is to play for the country. I know there is a World Cup around the corner, and I want to be part of that World Cup desperately and I want to help India cross the line,” he said.

“I think there is a small term goal and a bigger vision as well. The small term goal is obviously to do very well for RCB, credit to the RCB backroom staff. The day I got picked up for RCB, Sanjay Bangar Bhai called me and told me DK you would be playing the finisher role. We have lost out on AB so we cannot replace him with anybody who is half as good as him