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Karun Nair is in red-hot form these days and has scored 664 runs for Vidarbha in seven matches of the ongoing 2024-25 season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Karun Nair has scored 664 runs in seven matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 for Vidarbha. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Karun Nair is in red-hot form these days. The 33-year-old right-handed batter, who has played six Tests and two ODIs for India, has scored 664 runs in seven matches of the ongoing 2024-25 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Vidarbha. Nair, whose last appearance for India was against Australia in March 2017 during a Test match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, hammered his fourth century in a row and fifth overall in the tournament on Sunday (January 12) to equal N Jagadeesan’s record of hitting the most centuries in one edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Nair’s red-hot form with the bat in the recent matches for his domestic side has reportedly put him back on the national selectors radar, and he could be called up for the team’s upcoming matches. Amid Nair’s good show with the bat, a more than two-year-old tweet of his is now going viral on the internet, in which he made an emotional plea to the game to give him one more chance.
“Dear cricket, give me one more chance,” Nair had tweeted on December 10, 2022.
Dear cricket, give me one more chance.🤞🏽— Karun Nair (@karun126) December 10, 2022
Nair was part of the Karnataka setup at that time, but now he plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket. Nair, who hasn’t played for India in the last eight years, is still hopeful about making a comeback for the national side.
“Everyone wants to play for their country, and I’m no different. I would love to play Test matches again, and for that, I know I have to keep doing my job again and again,” Nair was quoted as saying by Indian Express.
The cricketer, who has played for Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, RCB, and Delhi Capitals in the IPL, also opened up about his recent form and said, “I’m not sure how I do this. I think most of it is down to taking it one game at a time and moving on from the previous innings. Right through my career, I’ve been fortunate that way. And in the time, I missed playing cricket; I was just waiting to bat, and that’s what I’m doing now. When you sit out for six-seven months, you realise what you are missing, and with me, it was just batting. It is for sure one of my good phases.”
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