Indian wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik celebrated his 37th birthday on Wednesday. Karthik, who had an impressive Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 campaign, was recently awarded a call-up to the national team for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa. During IPL 2022, Karthik scored 330 runs in 16 games with a strike rate of 183.33 for RCB. For the record, he played his last T20I match against Australia in February 2019. When Karthik turned 37 on Wednesday, the cricket club took to social media and sent out their birthday wishes to him.
Here’s how Twitter responded:
“Happy Birthday Dinesh and Rajat (Patidar). A great year ahead,” star batter Virat Kohli shared a post on his Instagram story.
“Happy return of the day @DineshKarthik. A successful year ahead! Keep shining,” tweeted testing specialist Cheteshwar Pujara.
Many happy returns of the day @DineshKarthik On to a successful year! keep shining
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) June 1, 2022
“Congratulations @DineshKarthik! Have a nice day. Keep playing your winning tricks! Can’t wait to see you in blue again,” joked former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Happy Birthday @DineshKarthik Nice day. Keep playing your match-winning tricks! Can’t wait to see you in blue again pic.twitter.com/bHJCxqcT7h
— Harbhajan Turban (@harbhajan_singh) June 1, 2022
“Happy Birthday brother @DineshKarthik! Wishing you a blessed and successful year! Excited to see your magic back on the big stage,” veteran Robin Uthappa wrote on Twitter.
A very happy birthday brother @DineshKarthik Wishing you a blessed and successful year! Excited to see your magic on the big stage again pic.twitter.com/EyDpR9nOGl
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) June 1, 2022
Here are some reactions from fans:
Dinesh Karthik’s journey has been an inspiration to many. He started his career way back in 2004, had some ups and downs, proved to be a hero for India in the Nidahas Trophy, and is now making a memorable comeback.
Congratulations on one of the most prolific finishers, @DineshKarthik† pic.twitter.com/OOPeqUPPy8
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 1, 2022
Happy Birthday to one of the best finishers in India in T20 format – @DineshKarthik† From 9th June, he will make his DK 2.0 comeback and walk towards his dream of winning the World Cup, all the best. pic.twitter.com/n7NLxdvMEw
— John. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 1, 2022
Happy Birthday @DineshKarthik
– 1st Indian to win MOM Award in T20I
– 1st Indian World Cup wins MOM Award in T20I
– Holds the record of highest SR in a final inning of a T20I tournament (362.50 v. BAN)
– Leading Run Scorer for India in 2007 England Test Tour (263 runs)
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— (@Shebas_10dulkar) June 1, 2022
To date, Karthik has played 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 32 T20Is, racking up over 3,000 international runs.
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