Popular journalist calls Dinesh Karthik part-time cricketer after auction; apologises after Karthik fires big time in IPL 2022

Journalist Vikrant Gupta had called Karthik a part-time cricketer and a full-time commentator while analysing RCB's team after mega auction.

By CX Staff Writer Updated: Apr 22, 2022, 08:09 IST

Dinesh Karthik has scored 197 runs so far this season in six innings and has been dismissed only once.

Dinesh Karthik is batting like a dream in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He has played the role of a finisher perfectly for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and has also won the Player of the Match twice in six matches for his antics with the bat with his recent heroics coming against Delhi Capitals on Saturday (April 16).

Karthik has scored 197 runs so far in six innings at an impeccable strike-rate of 209.57 and has been dismissed only once this season. Not only has he finished the games for RCB, he has pulled them out of trouble and won them matches single-handedly on a few occasions already.

His performance has led to a popular journalist Vikrant Gupta take back his own words. While analysing RCB’s team after the mega auction back in February, he had called Dinesh Karthik a full-time commentator and a part-time cricketer.

Video of journalist questioning Dinesh Karthik

“I stand corrected: Karthik for World Cup. Please suggest which of the batsmen should be left behind?” Vikrant Gupta’s tweet read.

Here’s the tweet:

“I must admit that I have a bigger goal. I have been working really hard. I have been trying to do everything to be a part of the Indian team,” Karthik said in the post-match presentation ceremony.