The history of comebacks and Dinesh Karthik is lengthy. One of the few Indian cricketers to have made several comebacks throughout his career, he is a rare example. The wicketkeeper-batter never said never. His return to Test cricket in 2018, following an eight-year absence, was not one of his most successful comebacks, even if the majority of them were. Karthik forced his way back into the Test team after a string of amazing white-ball performances and a steady run with the bat for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket, as regular stumper Wriddhiman Saha was sidelined by injury.

In three Test matches, he only managed to score 25 runs in five innings, including two ducks. One of the games was at home against Afghanistan, and the other two were in England. Young keeper-batter Rishabh Pant was given his debut in the third Test by India after four defeats at Birmingham and Lord's. Pant would cement his place as the expert keeper-batter by scoring a century in the fourth Test at the Oval.

Karthik's final match in red-ball cricket was the second Test of that 2018 trip to England, which took place at Lord's. In white-ball cricket, he did make two further comebacks, but his Test career came to a conclusion in 2018. After 26 Tests, Karthik had 1025 runs. His sole century was against Bangladesh in Mirpur in 2007.

Karthik returns to England seven years later, this time as a broadcaster. Prior to the third match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord's, Karthik reminisced about his last time wearing the Indian whites there.

Ravi Shastri is humiliated by Dinesh Karthik's account of his retirement from Test cricket.

The former India keeper-batter, who retired last year, claimed that then-Indian head coach Ravi Shastri informed him that he was finished during a Sky Sports podcast that featured Karthik, Ravi Shastri, Nasser Husain, and Michael Atherton.

Nass and I don't have much in common, and I want to keep it that way. His career came to an end at Lord's. Lord's was where I came to an end. The only difference was that he went to the coach's doors and knocked, saying I think I'm done. Karthik stated that the coach entered the room and said, "You're done, don't bother coming in the next Test," at which point the panelists burst out laughing.

Shastri touched Karthik on the shoulder while sitting next to him.

Former England captain Nasser Hussain told the tale of his 2004 retirement prior to Karthik's remarks. In that test match against New Zealand at Lord's, Hussain made a century in the second innings, and Andrew Strauss, one of England's finest opening batsmen, also made his debut there.

I was certain I was dead. Michael Vaughan suffered an injury in that match, which Strauss entered. I spent four years working with my former coach, Duncan Fletcher. "Tomorrow will be my last day, Dunc," I said as I knocked on his door. I was hoping that Duncan would compliment me on my play by saying, "Nass, you're playing pretty well," but instead he said, "No, tomorrow is going to be your last day." I responded, "Thanks, coach."

“Strauss was scoring a lot of runs; it seemed as though he would score a century in each innings. I had him kicked out. At the other end, I found one of my best pals. I got a hundred after hitting it through the covers. We triumphed over New Zealand. It's a respectable way to exit. Vaughan reentered the room. We knew Strauss was an excellent Test cricketer," Hussain added.

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