"Equal Importance To Each Player": RCB Coach Dinesh Karthik Sets Record Straight - NDTV Exclusive

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting coach Dinesh Karthik sat down for a chat with NDTV ahead of IPL 2025.

Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik will be donning a new hat this year, having switched the playing field for the dugout. Karthik, after 17 seasons in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will now be the batting coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in IPL 2025. Karthik was also at the auction table with RCB, where the franchise made some bold purchases. In an exclusive chat with NDTV, Karthik talks about his new role ahead of IPL 2025, how the mentality of an Indian sportsperson has evolved over the years and how ready India is to host the 2036 Olympics.

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Q. How do you see the evolution from being a player to a very different role now...what is it going to look like? Excited about it?

A. Being a player is very important. Being a player, it's a luxury lisfestyle. Go there, people are there to help you and serve you.

Now, on the other side of the fence, so it's more a self-service. So you try and serve everybody there. So I'm looking forward to it.