India Karun Nair dough was finally dropped from XI playing for the fourth test against England in Old Trafford, Manchester after launching a bad form in the first three games of the series. While it was a breaking heart for Nair in Manchester, 24 -year -old Anshul Kartišt was over the moon that won debut in India.
The duo, although contrasting fates, was connected by one common factor – their month and the day of birth. Nair and the Carten were born on 6 December. In addition, two more Indian players were born part of the XI playing, namely Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumhrah.
ENG vs Indian, 4. Test update
Therefore, only Nair was unfortunate who missed the selection from the club 6th December for the fourth test. There are two more India players who were born on December 6 and continued to play for the country at the highest level: Shreyas Iyer and RP Singh.
Two other big international stars on December 6, namely English Andrew FlinToff and Glenn Phillips from New Zealand, were also born from New Zealand. Meanwhile, when Sai Sudhasan returned to India’s fourth test against England, Naira replaced XI.
In three games so far, Nair scored 131 runs on average 21.83 with the highest score of 40. In the last two tests he launched the third, recorded a score of 31, 26 and 40, but could not convert it to a large score. In addition, there has been another change in Indian playing XI as Shardul Thakur was brought to playing XI instead of injured Nitish Kumar Reddy.
India plays XI: YASHASVI JAISWAL, KL RAHUL, SAI SUDHARSAN, SHUBMAN GILL (C), RISHABH PANT (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Anshul Cartar
England plays XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Cars, Jofra Archer
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Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
23 July 2025
