New Delhi: More precisely eight long years – or 3,011 days – Karun Nair was waiting for the Indian test jersey again. But the fairy -tale comeback did not put off as he imagined. After his expected return to the test cricket, Karun lasted only four balls, released on the duck.England Captain Ben Stokes was a party spoiler. He released a full Outswinger, wide from the stump – the tempting Karun to the ride. But the right -hander was not fully devoted to the shot. Instead of finding a gap, the ball flew out of the bat and directly into the hands of Ollie’s Pope on a short cover that pulled a magnificent catch – a full stretch on his left side, both hands over his head, almost horizontally to the ground.
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Karun, who in December 2016 etaled his name into the history of the Indian cricket stunning triple century against England in Chennai, was last played in 2017.
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Since then, he has been in a domestic cricket and has been patiently waiting for a return. “Dear cricket, give me one more chance,” he often recalled.He let his bat in the 2024-25 season – accumulated 863 runs in nine trophy games with four hundred years and 779 runs in eight shifts of Vijay Hazare Trophy, including five tons. His perseverance was finally rewarded when BCCI chose him for a test series of five matches in England.Nair, Indian 287. Test cricket, received a comeback cap from the legendary Sunil Gavascar – when he always valued, even if the script in the field was not entirely going.
