Happy Birthday, Dinesh Karthik! Here's a look at his five best IPL innings.

In recent years, Dinesh Karthik has established himself as one of India's most seasoned wicketkeeper-batters. Despite the fact that he was unable to establish his spot in the Indian squad,
 
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In recent years, Dinesh Karthik has established himself as one of India's most seasoned wicketkeeper-batters. Karthik has had several memorable moments in the blue jersey, despite not being able to solidify his spot in the Indian squad. In Indian cricket fans' hearts, the match-winning last-ball maximum against Bangladesh in the Nidhas Trophy final in 2018 still retains a special place.
Over the years, the Tamil Nadu player, who turns 37 today, has developed into a dashing middle-order batsman in the Indian Premier League. He began his IPL career with the Delhi Daredevils in the first season in 2008. During his three years with Delhi, Karthik only managed to score three fifty-plus runs.

He was the second most expensive player in the Kings XI Punjab roster when he was purchased in 2011. He joined the Mumbai Indians after a year and played for them for two years. Karthik won his first IPL title with Mumbai in 2013. In that season, he hit 411 runs in 19 at-bats for a strike rate of 124, the highest he'd ever hit in a single season.

In 2014, the Delhi-based franchise repurchased Karthik, and he went on to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions, respectively, in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, he was retained by the Gujarat Lions. In the 2017 season, he was named to the IPL XI as a wicket-keeper. Karthik joined Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018 and was named captain. . Karthik joined Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018 and was named captain. He got the team to the playoffs, but they couldn't win the championship.After three years with KKR, Royal Challengers Bangalore purchased him for Rs 5.5 crore in the IPL mega auction this year. Karthik successfully fulfilled the position of finisher for RCB this season, scoring 330 runs at an outstanding batting average of 55 in 16 innings.