India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Wednesday celebrated his 37th birthday. Karthik, who had an impressive Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 campaign, was recently rewarded with a national team call up for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa. During IPL 2022, Karthik scored 330 runs in 16 matches at a strike-rate of 183.33 for RCB. For the record, he played his last T20I match against Australia in February 2019. As Karthik turned 37 on Wednesday, the cricketing fraternity took to social media and extended their birthday wishes to him.
"Many happy returns of the day @DineshKarthik Have a successful year ahead! Keep shining," Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara tweeted.
"Happy birthday @DineshKarthik! Have a wonderful day. Keep playing your match-winning knocks! Can't wait to see you in blue again," former India spinner Harbhajan Singh quipped.
"A very happy birthday brother @DineshKarthik! Wishing you a blessed and successful year! Excited to see your magic on the big stage again," veteran batter Robin Uthappa captioned a post on Twitter.
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So far, Karthik has played 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 32 T20Is, amassing over 3,000 international runs.