Dinesh Karthik was not satisfied with the nickname that the official handle of WWE India gave to him after his tweet. Karthik made a bold prediction yesterday that Ravichandran Ashwin would play for India in the 2023 World Cup. He eventually came in the squad as a replacement for Axar Patel.
The IPL franchise of Karthik, Royal Challengers Bangalore, shared an edited picture of Karthik’s face over the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins. The RCB twitter admin labeled Karthik as a ‘visionary’.
It is pertinent to note that visionary is one of the many nicknames of Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins. Thus, WWE India gave the nickname of Dinesh ‘Freakin’ Karthik to the Indian wicketkeeper batter. It looks like Karthik does not follow WWE much. Here’s what he replied:
“Dinesh FREAKIN Karthik Sounds more like sledge.”
Dinesh FREAKIN Karthik
— DK (@DineshKarthik) September 29, 2023
Sounds more like sledge 😅😅 https://t.co/lPJoLQuKOV
Dinesh Karthik will have a new role in ICC World Cup 2023
Karthik was a part of India’s playing XI in their last World Cup match against New Zealand in the semifinals of the 2019 edition of the mega event. However, the wicketkeeper batter is not a part of the squad this time. Instead, he will be doing commentary during the World Cup. Here is the list of a few English commentators for World Cup 2023:
Waqar Younis (Pakistan), Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Anjum Chopra (India), Michael Atherton (England), Simon Doull (New Zealand), Mpumelelo Mbangwa (Zimbabwe), Sanjay Manjrekar (India), Katey Martin (New Zealand), Dinesh Karthik (India), Dirk Nannes (Australia and Netherlands), Samuel Badree (Trinidad – West Indies), Athar Ali Khan (Bangladesh), Russel Arnold (Sri Lanka).
The warm-up matches of World Cup 2023 have started. India will be in action tomorrow against England in Guwahati.
