Dipika Pallikal (Dinesh Karthik’s Wife) Age, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dipika Pallikal

• Dipika was born to ‘Malayali Christian’ parents with ‘Syrian’ origin.

• She is the second wife of Indian cricketer ‘Dinesh Karthik.’

• Her mother used to play International cricket for the Indian women’s team and also served the team as captain.

• Dipika dislikes cricket since childhood as she thought cricket overshadows other sports.

• She started playing squash when she was just ten years old.

• When she was in sixth class, she played her first International tournament in London.

• She was also the part of the ‘European Junior Squash Circuit’ that was played among U-19 junior squash players and won several tournaments.

• At the age of 15, she turned into a professional squash player, but she struggled for almost five years to get the better opportunity.

• In 2011, she went to Egypt for improving her skills in the same field, and during that period, she started giving her better performances.

• In the same year, she won the three ‘Women’s International Squash Players Association’ (WISPA) world tour titles. The first one in Irvine CA where she won the Orange County Open, the second in the US, and the third in Hong Kong where she won the Crocodile Challenge Cup.

• She has also represented India at ‘World International Doubles Squash Championships.’

• Dipika Pallikal and Dinesh Karthik first met in 2008 at ‘Chennai Marathon,’ but they became friends in 2013 when they again met in Chennai’s ‘Maverick Gym’ where they got training under the guidance of Mr. Shankar Basu who introduced them. She fell in love with Dinesh when she was in Leeds, England for seven days of physical training and he went there only to met her.

• From 2012 to 2015, she ignored to participate in the ‘National Squash Championship’ because of the inequality in men’s and women’s championship winner prize money as the women awarded only 40% of the men’s winner prize money. In 2016 championships, the prize money was finally equal.

• In 2016, during a ‘Professional Squash Association’ (PSA) world tour event at Cairo, Egypt; Dipika ranked 19 at that time in the list of PSA. She lost the match against Egypt’s ‘Mariam Metwally’ who was ranked 31.

• Apart from being a famous squash player, she is a professional model and has signed a contract with ‘Globus Limited.’

• In 2014, she walked the ramp for ‘Lakme Fashion Week’ for the designer ‘Arpita Mehta.’

• She has also appeared on the cover of ‘Femina Tamil Magazine’ and ‘Verve India Magazine.’

• In the same year, she was selected as the brand ambassador of India’s leading omnichannel jeweler ‘caratlane.com.’

• She is also the brand ambassador of ‘sports365.in’ that sells the sports goods online.

• Her main aim is to win the world championship.

• She has her own logo.

• She is a dog lover.