IPL 2024: In an apparent final dance moment, Virat Kohli embraces Dinesh Karthik as the latter is given a guard of honor

Dinesh Karthik, the wicketkeeper-batsman for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, may have played his last game of cricket in the IPL 2024 match against the Rajasthan Royals.

The RCB walked away with their wings burned and scorched after soaring high with six straight victories. Their dreams of a season straight out of a fairy tale ended in dejection as the Bengaluru team was eliminated in the second round of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday.

In the IPL 2024 Eliminator at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Rajasthan defeated Bengaluru by a margin of four wickets in the battle of the “Royals.”.

Emotions ran high throughout the cricket action in the largest stadium in the globe, with the cries of “ee sala cup namde” ceasing to exist and not reaching Chennai, the location of the championship match.

Dinesh Karthik, who served as the IPL 2024 finisher, removed his gloves in order to thank the supporters who had risen to applaud Karthik’s accomplishments.

Soon, an unforgettable moment for the supporters of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) occurred when Virat Kohli, the team’s main player and a contemporary cricket legend, hugged Karthik as he was fighting back tears.

Although Dinesh Karthik did make subtle allusions to the fact that IPL 2024 would be his last season with the team, he has yet to formally declare his retirement from the lucrative competition.

The RCB players presented Karthik with a guard of honor as he made his way back into the dressing room.

From RCB’s standpoint, he was a crucial player, particularly throughout the rollercoaster season. His services were crucial to the IPL 2024 playoffs’ qualifying.

Karthik will finish with 4,842 runs in 257 IPL matches if the 2024 IPL season is his last one. He has appeared for six different teams throughout his career.

He debuted with the Delhi Daredevils (now the Delhi Capitals) in the 2008 inaugural season. After moving to Punjab in 2011, he then played for the RCB, Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Lions, and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Karthik has played in 15 matches in the IPL 2024 and has amassed 326 runs with a strike rate of 187.36 and an average of 36.22.