Karun Nair’s comeback has been one of many standout tales within the leadup to India’s upcoming five-Check sequence in England and KL Rahul, a longtime teammate of his in home cricket, has expressed his delight. Head coach Gautam Gambhir all however confirmed that Nair might be within the enjoying XI for the primary Check and Rahul acknowledged the difficulties 33-year-old needed to endure within the years that he was out of rivalry.
“I’ve identified him for a really very long time and the months that he spent right here within the UK, enjoying cricket and the way laborious and lonely it was and for him to have the ability to do all of that and are available again into the Indian workforce. I believe it’s particular for him, for his household, and for pals like us who’ve seen his journey,” stated Rahul in a video shared by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) on its X deal with.
The final of Nair’s six Check appearances got here in March 2017. It’s throughout this run that he famously scored an unbeaten triple century in opposition to England in December 2016 in Chennai. Nevertheless, he scored simply 71 runs throughout his six different innings earlier than and after that knock which led to him shedding his spot in Indian workforce.
His graph constantly went decrease in subsequent years, even shedding his spot with Karnataka in 2022 however Nair’s beautiful season for Vidarbha in 2023/24 immediately thrust him again within the limelight. He scored a whopping 1553 runs in 33 innings, together with his career-best Ranji Trophy season with 883 runs culminating in a title win for Vidarbha this season.
“So, like I stated very inspiring as effectively and hopefully his expertise and his learnings from enjoying county cricket right here will maintain him in good stead when he performs the Check matches right here,” stated Rahul.
Gambhir said that Nair’s inclusion within the workforce for the England tour is a message to children to maintain striving in home cricket. “All the kids will know its significance. In case you hold doing effectively there, doorways are by no means shut for you. It’s all the time good to have the expertise of Karun, he performed County cricket there and he’s in actually good kind. His expertise will turn out to be useful. Extra importantly, we gained’t choose somebody by one or two Check matches. If somebody has scored heaps of runs, he might be given a good run,” he stated.