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Dinesh Karthik said IPL has empowered to field two to 3 teams in international cricket at the identical time.
IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik (RCB)
Dinesh Karthik lauded the role of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in changing the mindset of Indian cricket and strengthening the infrastructure.
“The IPL has brought out a winning mentality in all our players. With the influx of cash and the financial advantages that lots of the teams receive, and in turn the stakeholders, lots of it has been put back in infrastructure. So, when infrastructure grows, eventually the standard of sport develops as well,” DK, Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s (RCB) batting coach and mentor) was quoted a saying during a conversation with Mo Bobat, Director of Cricket, RCB, and former England cricketer, Isa Guha in the course of the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit Powered by Leaders on the Padukone Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence on Friday.
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The previous India wicket-keeper further added, “We will say that because the IPL has turn into a component of Indian cricket’s fabric, they will now field two to 3 teams in international cricket at the identical time, and almost compete with each one in all them. Right away, India is in a really privileged place where they’ve such assortment of cricketers across skill sets.”
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Reflecting on his experience of sharing a dressing room with Glenn McGrath within the early years of the IPL, and the way it shaped his approach to the sport, “For me the entire ideology of how Australia played at the moment was an enormous shock. They felt like a pack of wolves out to win every game. But with IPL, in my first yr I got to spend time with Glenn McGrath in close quarters and practice with him, I got to know him higher and have become comfortable, that helped the arrogance and mindset of competing with the very best,” he said.
