Dinesh Karthik set to do commentary in Women Premier League 2023 finale

After having a successful commentating stint at the Test series between India and Australia, Dinesh Karthik is now set to do commentary at the finale of the ongoing Women’s Premier League 2023.

Dinesh Kartik made his first gig long time back and said that he wants to break the stereotype of current players not doing commentary. He had said that a lot of players in other sports also do the same, so cricket should not be any exception.

“There are a lot of other sports like basketball and football where current players come on air when they are not playing. I did that and it went pretty well. That is when I got the opportunity to do commentary and I decided to go for it. The mindset was just to speak about whatever little I know about the game,” Karthik had said before he commented in the finale of World Test Championship between India and New Zealand.

Karthik’s opinion on Commentary

Talking about commentary as a work, Karthik said that it can be a lot of fun. In an interview, he said, “Commentary can be a lot of fun. You need to watch the sport very keenly to contribute in the right manner. Even while talking about the players, you just speak about the sport and you tell people how hard it is from their shoes. That is what I was trying to do. I enjoyed my process of understanding how each player would think at a certain point of time and speak on what is the right thing to do for them at the point of time.”

After working with Naseer Hussain and Michael Atherton, Karthik expressed his experience and said, “It has also been awesome to be sitting alongside Nasser and Athers (Atherton). They are the best in the business and just to get to chat about the game with them is something I have enjoyed immensely besides learning a huge amount.”

The finale of WPL is set to be played on 26th Match in Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians are rocking the tournament as they have won all the games that they played so far.