Dinesh Karthik, Dipika Pallikal Set Major Couple Goals With Their One-Word Tweets

02.09.2022 - 14:13 sports.ndtv.com

Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal are not just well renowned sportspersons, but also a loving, happily married couple. The two were the latest to join Twitter's one-word trend, and their posts just went on to show how adorable they are together.

Their tweets? Each other's names! The trend has seen people and organisations tweet with just one word, which is largely depicting something very close to them or important for them. "Dinesh," Dipika posted on Twitter.

Dipika "Dipika," Karthik replied on the post. Dinesh Earlier on Friday, the International Cricket Council also joined the trend, and tweeted "cricket".

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar also posted a one-word tweet. "Cricket," Tendulkar had tweeted on Friday. Karthik is currently with the Indian squad in the UAE for the Asia Cup.

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