Former India opener Murali Vijay praised Dinesh Karthik during Tamil Nadu Cricket Association's Annual Day event. "I have got to talk about Dinesh Karthik. It might be little weird. He is one of the Tamil Nadu’s best batter-wicketkeepers ever...He is a dynamic personality and a dear friend,” he said during his speech. Notably, Vijay is married to Karthik's ex-wife Nikita.