New Delhi: His Bradmanesque Run in Home Cricket in recent years has coincided with the most demanding phase of his career, but Karun Nair identifies the “end of 2022” as the darkest period he lasted, and calls it “quite dark place”. A 33 -year -old return to the Indian test team after eight years is strong evidence of its durability and determination.“As far as incidents are concerned, I would say it was a pretty dark place at the end of 2022. Very emotional phase for me. I think the hardest time for me. Even harder than 2018, or anything,” said during an interview with R Ashwin on Youtube.Nair, the only Indian triple Centurion in the test cricket except Virender Sehwag, is now on the brink of a remarkable return.There is a strong chance on Friday that the XI Indian game will be part of the first test against England in Headingley, Leeds.Although he has become stronger, Nair says he never wants to see this painful period again when he tried to understand why he was abandoned from the Indian team shortly after he recorded a historical triple century against England in 2016.“No. I don’t want to be where I was a few years ago, quite honestly.”He added, “I think at the moment I am at least grateful. As you said, I got around this phase. Very grateful for being in a situation I am, and every day I only treat something that gives me life and do what I love.
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“I am very grateful to all who have been part of my journey over the past 2-3 years. I understood me to appreciate things. I understood me to appreciate every moment and just treat every day as a new day.”Nair admitted that he was confused by lack of communication when he was dropped from the Indian team.“Frankly, I couldn’t understand what was happening. Because after 300 in Chennai I think there was another series in Sri Lanka after the Australian series.”“I wasn’t part of the group. And since then I couldn’t understand what was going on. Then I had to go back to the home cricket.”Looking back, Nair believes that a strong performance against Australia could secure his place on his side.“I had no idea what was going on. Everything I knew was my name.“But when I look back and I think there is one party that I say” yes, I didn’t get too many opportunities “. But on the contrary, he also thought there were four shifts that I played against Australia, and I got a few starts.“If I just converted these starts to a bigger score, I might not have been in this position or had to go through it.”Nair remembered his thinking during this difficult phase: “I just found out how I should go to things and what I should do.“Obviously I was much younger at the time, and I probably couldn’t control what was running in my head, as if I could do today. Basically just a confused mind and tried to get so hard that I think I was just getting worse.”“But that year I had a great season in home cricket and I could return, as I said in the 2018 season. And then he returned there again. He didn’t have too much opportunities.”While outside the Indian party, Nair said that the support he received from his state team was invaluable.“I think there was always a big bond among the players in Karnatak. Because we all played together from a very young age. And we all made a mark at the same time if I could say that.”“So there has always been support. There has never been no one, you know he was missing this support. They always said good things. They always knew the players I was. So I always had the confidence of the Karnataka players.”“To come back there, it seemed like a family again. And of course it didn’t have a great season. But that happens to everyone, I would think. And yeah, it’s just anyone who felt or all supported me.”“As I said, it’s like a family. And they all took care of. And they never put any disproportionate pressure on me in terms of:” Oh, I didn’t get a score “or no one really came to me,” Nair said.
