RCB: Preparations of all the franchises have already started for the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title in IPL 17. It remains to be seen which team succeeds in winning the title in the upcoming edition. Let us tell you that a mega auction is to be held before IPL 2025.

In this, bids are going to be placed on many great players of the country and the world. Meanwhile, a big news is coming from the RCB camp. A former veteran player of the team is going to make a comeback. Let us know in detail, who is that cricketer.

Dinesh Karthik returns to RCB

RCB has shared a big news with its fans on the morning of July 1, 2024. Actually, this franchise told on its official website that former cricketer and wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik of their team is going to return next year.

In fact, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team has appointed Karthik as their mentor and batting coach for the next season. Let us tell you that this 39-year-old cricketer played for this team till last season. He also announced his retirement from IPL this year. RCB wrote on its official Twitter handle,

“Welcome back our keeper Dinesh Karthik. He has returned to RCB in a new avatar. DK will be the batting coach and mentor of the RCB team. You can take a person away from cricket, but you cannot take cricket away from that person.

See the tweet here:

Welcome our keeper in every sense, , back into RCB in an all new avatar. DK will be the of RCB Men's team!

You can take the man out of cricket but not cricket out of the man! 🙌 Shower him with all the… pic.twitter.com/Cw5IcjhI0v

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) July 1, 2024

Retired after IPL 2024

Dinesh Karthik had announced his retirement from IPL after IPL 2024. He has played for many different teams in this league. Karthik has scored 4842 runs in 257 matches. During this his highest score has been 97. Apart from this, if we talk about wicketkeeping, he has taken 145 catches and 37 stumps.