Indian veteran dough Ajinkya Rahane considered what he believed was a decisive moment in Lord’s Indian test defeat in England – the second shift of Karun Naira. The turnover point, according to Rahane, came when Nair was imprisoned by the LBW Pacer Brydon Cars during the Indian tense 193-running chase 4.
Rahane, when he spoke on his YouTube channel, explained that India began to recover after early release Yashasvi Jaiswal, while Karun and Kl Rahul started to build a platform for 40 for 1. Rahane remarked that England’s intensity grew immediately after a breakthrough – with an improved field, sharper bowling and visible energy shifting – all of this put India on the hind leg.
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“At that moment, India crossed.
Nair, who returned to the Indian trial after more than eight years, was handed over to a rare second chance after strong performances in the domestic and regional cricket. However, Comeback didn’t go into the script. In the first test he did only duck and 20. In Edgbaston, he showed some promise with a score of 31 and 26, but again failed to convert his beginning.
On Lord’s looked folded in the first shifts with a 40-run knock before he fell to the brilliant root catch of Joe. His second LBW shift to 14 brought its total number of 135 runs in six shifts-intensive return for someone who focuses on recovery in Indian test settings.
With India ending with a 2-1 V series of five matches, pressure grows-like in the team, so on players like Karun Nair, whose fairy-tale return remains unfinished.
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
16 July 2025
