India’s second triple Test captain Karun Nair He made an emotional tweet on Twitter the day the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announced their roster for the Ranji Trophy matches against Services and Pondicherry. From the tweet it appears that Nair wants to restart his cricket career.
“Dear cricket, give me one more chanceNair wrote on Twitter. Check out his tweet below:
Nair was once dubbed the next big star of Indian cricket when he hit a Test triple century (303 laps unbeaten) against England in Chennai in 2016. India won this match by 75 runs and Nair was named Player of the Match. He was also the third man in the history of the sport to convert the Test century to three tons.
He was the second Indian hitter after Virender Sehwag to score three tons and became the talk of the town at the time. However, he lost his place in the Test roster in March 2017 after consecutive poor performances against Australia. He has not played for Men in Blue since.
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Karun Nair’s statistics in local cricket
Karun Nair asked the management to explain why he was not reintroduced to the India squad. Despite all this, he continued to represent the Karnataka team in domestic cricket.
However, he is currently unable to find a spot in the state squads for the Vijay Hazare Cup and Syed Mushtaq Ali Cup. KSCA announced the roster Ranji Award matches, he could not find his name there either.
He made his freshman debut with the Ranji Trophy, which Karnataka won in the 2013-14 season. He was also the first batsman to score in runs in the Ranji Trophy final since 1946–47, and the second on the team to smash the triple tone (also the highest total by a batsman in the final). Nair averaged 50 points in 85 first-class games and averaged 5,922 laps. He also played 76 IPL matches.
Talking about his IPL career, he was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2012 and 2013 but made his breakthrough with the Rajasthan Royals in 2014 where he collected 330 laps with a batting rate of 142.24. He even captained the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in three games in 2017. Returned to RR at the IPL 2022 auction.
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