Dinesh Karthik is celebrating his 38th birthday on Thursday. In these collection of pics, we find out about his broken first marriage and love story with 2nd wife Dipika Pallikal.
Dinesh Karthik's first marriage ended in 2012 with Nikita after 5 years. Nikita reportedly cheated on Karthik with cricketer Murali Vijay and she married the former CSK batter in 2012 as well.
Dinesh Karthik got married to squash player Dipika Pallikal in 2015. Apart from Dipika and Dinesh's family and friends, former's Australian Coach, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, too was an intergral part of the wedding, which she attended with her husband.
Dinesh Karthik had met Dipika Pallikal in 2012 only at a gym. They used to train under the same coach Shankar Basu. Dipika was not much interested in cricket or cricketers she always thought that they stole limelight from other sports.
In 2013, Dinesh Karthik was playing in India and Dipika Pallikal was training in UK. DK took a flight to UK to meet her and that really impressed Dipika, who felt special about this gesture. There began a love story.
In 2013, Dinesh Karthik proposed Dipika Pallikal and she said yes to it. They got engaged soon. However, their marriage waited for 2 years as both of them were busy in their respective sports.
Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal have a Labradoodle at home named 'Coco'.
Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal became proud parents to twin boys Kabir and Zian on 18 October 2021.