{"id":62703,"date":"2024-05-30T23:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/thoda-improve-hogaya-lag-raha-hai-when-hardik-pandya-sledged-dinesh-karthik-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T23:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:50:31","slug":"thoda-improve-hogaya-lag-raha-hai-when-hardik-pandya-sledged-dinesh-karthik-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/thoda-improve-hogaya-lag-raha-hai-when-hardik-pandya-sledged-dinesh-karthik-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thoda improve hogaya lag raha hai&#8217;: When Hardik Pandya sledged Dinesh Karthik | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110554809,imgsize-39052.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Thoda improve hogaya lag raha hai&#8217;: When Hardik Pandya sledged Dinesh Karthik | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;Thoda improve hogaya lag raha hai&#8217;: When Hardik Pandya sledged Dinesh Karthik | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Dinesh Karthik<!-- --> announced his retirement after <!-- -->Royal Challengers Bengaluru<!-- -->&#8216;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">RCB<\/a>) exit from <!-- -->IPL 2024<!-- -->, following their loss to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator; and while looking back at his playing days, the former wicketkeeper-batsman shared some interesting moments from on-field banter with his India teammates during his <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> career. <br \/>&#8220;Every time I played against RCB and Virat Kohli caught my catch, &#8216;Ben Stokes&#8217; came out of his mouth for sure,&#8221; said Karthik on a lighter note in an interview with Cricbuzz.&#8221;But that was a send-off.&#8221;Besides RCB, where he joined Virat, the 38-year-old veteran previously played for Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/2018-ipl-auction-complete-ipl-squad-of-mumbai-indians\/articleshow\/62683658.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mumbai Indians<\/a>, Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) and erstwhile Gujarat Lions.<br \/>He then went on to share the words <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- -->, who is now Mumbai Indians&#8217; skipper, once shot at him while he was batting. <br \/>&#8220;Hardik Pandya sledged me saying &#8216;abhi legspinner aaya, iska thank you hi hai&#8217; (a legspinner will come and it is Thank You time]. Then I had to play a couple of shots and then he was like &#8216;theek hai, thoda improve hogaya lag raha hai&#8217; (okay, looks like he has improved a little]. That was good. He&#8217;s a good friend. He was also like &#8216;Commentator banke bhi thoda kaam kar raha hai&#8217; (Even after becoming a commentator he&#8217;s working on his game) That was fun,&#8221; Karthik said.<\/p>\n<p>Karthik, who played 257 IPL matches and 60 T20Is, also mentioned he moment when former Mumbai Indians&#8217; captain <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- --> teased him with &#8220;isko World Cup khelna hai&#8221; comment on the field in the just-concluded season. <br \/>&#8220;Rohit this year taunting me&#8230; unnecessarily giving me hopes,&#8221; said Karthik.<br \/>Besides playing 60 T20Is, Karthik, who also does commentary, featured in 26 Tests and 94 ODIs for India. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/thoda-improve-hogaya-lag-raha-hai-when-hardik-pandya-sledged-dinesh-karthik\/articleshow\/110554560.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement after Royal Challengers Bengaluru&#8216;s (RCB) exit from IPL 2024, following their loss to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator; 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