Dinesh Karthik's done! Enduring wicketkeeper-batter calls it a day

Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik's international career was a classic case of what could have been after the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but on Wednesday, when he said goodbye to the game at the end of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) IPL campaign, it was from a stage he made his own over the past 17 years.

The Eliminator between RCB and Rajasthan Royals ended up being Karthik's swansong, bringing down curtains on a 20-year-old career marked by a series of comebacks across formats.

Twenty six Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20s over two decades don't make for eye-popping numbers, but the forever fidgety 38-year-old managed to stay relevant till the very end despite spending more time in the commentary box than on the field over the past couple of years.

Having played for as many as six teams in the IPL since the tournament's inception in 2008. He finished as an IPL winner with close to 5,000 runs over 17 seasons, besides taking 145 catches and effecting 37 stumpings.

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