RCB Bold Diaries: Malolan Rangarajan reveals key factor that changed Dinesh Karthik’s course completely

Dinesh Karthik played another gem of a knock against the Punjab Kings, this time one that helped RCB clinch their maiden win of IPL 2024. Karthik’s late flourish ensured that the wheels stayed in motion and eventually the team crossed the line without further fuss. However, the deadly batter that you see now, well, he has gone through fire to forge the modern version of himself.

But that didn’t happen overnight. Bringing to you a crucial part of his journey, RCB’s latest video on Bold Diaries revealed that he knew from the word go how he was going to proceed. In the video, Malolan Rangarajan, RCB’s assistant coach, shed light on the very first block of difference created by DK.

He said, “He was one of the first ones, maybe in India or maybe even in Chennai, to start hiring their own coaches, a little bit like tennis. He had already done it, he had already gone through a couple of coaches. He was at that point in his career where he needed somebody to mentor him, like a holistic person who would take care of him and fortunately he found that person in Abhishek Nayar.”

He further added, “People like us, (Shanker) Basu, myself, Abhinav (Mukund), we’re too close to him. So he needed someone from a different point of view who could come and push him in a very very different direction which at that point was required for DK because he had made a number of comebacks and tried a hell lot of things to make a comeback. He needed somebody else with a different wand. Fortunately for him it has been Nayar and he stuck with Nayar.”