Dipika Pallikal’s adorable present for Dinesh Karthik

The last few months have been pretty eventful for Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik. He played a match-winning knock of 29 runs from 8 balls to win the Nidahas Trophy Final versus Bangladesh. Prior to that, he was given the responsibility of filling the massive boots of Gautam Gambhir for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

People were apprehensive about his performance as the skipper for the reason that he was new to the Knight Riders’ fraternity. Albeit KKR won their match opening match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), they lost quite a few contests throughout the tournament. A number of tactics by Karthik came under the scanner and subsequently, he became a recipient of a fair amount of criticism.

Karthik’s challenging times

However, Karthik hardly allowed them to mar his mental tranquillity. Rather, he took the hurdles head on and shouldered the Men in Gold and Purple. Following their 102-run loss versus the Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Eden Gardens, Karthik and Co made a strong statement and stomped to three victories on the trot. They also qualified for the playoffs by defeating table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

In the Eliminator, the Knights stuttered, but Karthik’s brains and resolute performances by the boys ensured that they snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Unfortunately for the franchise, Rashid Khan’s all-round show turned out to be too hot to handle for DK’s men in the Qualifier 2. Following the IPL, Karthik went to London to represent the World XI against the Windies at the Lord’s Cricket Stadium.

He couldn’t contribute as Samuel Badree dismissed him for a five-ball duck. Karthik is celebrating his 33rd birthday and Dipika Pallikal, his better half, is trying her heart out to make the day memorable for her loved one. She took to Instagram and shared some loveable pictures on the auspicious occasion, which is definitely going to make Karthik happy.

Here are the pics   

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