Former Indian batter Subramaniam Badrinath believes Dinesh Karthik should stay with Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2027. Recently, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden said Karthik should be CSK’s new head coach after the franchise parted ways with their long-serving coach Stephen Fleming.

Meanwhile, Karthik has done a fabulous job for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, helping the team clinch two back-to-back IPL titles under his mentorship. Batters like Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, and Tim David have flourished under Karthik’s tutelage.

Badrinath said on his YouTube Channel, “If I were Dinesh Karthik, I would think twice about coming to CSK. He will probably think long and hard, but I think he should stay with RCB. He’s in a good space with RCB. Everything has aligned perfectly there, and all the players are at their peak in RCB. They are in the space where CSK were in the first eight to ten years of the IPL.”

“A coach can only do so much and is limited in the impact he can make on a team. The players on the field are the most important, and that is already present at RCB. On the other hand, CSK will have almost the same players for one more year in this cycle. For this reason, DK should stay with RCB.”

The former CSK batter admitted that CSK’s role will be more challenging for Karthik but added RCB will do everything to keep former Indian wicket-keeper’s services.

“Yes, the CSK role would be more challenging, and life is all about taking up challenges. But DK has already taken up a challenge as he helped build RCB from a tough situation. Now is the time for him to reap the benefits of that. So why would he leave now to take up another challenge? Also, RCB will do whatever it can to keep Dinesh Karthik. I don’t think they’ll let him go easily,” said Badrinath (via the aforementioned source).

It will be interesting to note who would be CSK’s new coach ahead of the next season.