Out of the Indian team for seven years, 32-year-old Karun Nair has smashed a double century in the continuing season of the County Championship. Nair, who went unsold in the Indian Premier League public sale, scored an unbeaten 202 from 253 deliveries for Northamptonshire in their conflict towards Glamorgan in the eleventh match of the season at County Ground, Northampton.
Coming out to bat unbeaten at 55 initially of the third day on Sunday, Nair confirmed his vary of photographs to succeed in the double ton and take his team to 605/6. This led the Northamptonshire skipper to name in a direct declaration. Â
Notably, Nair has not performed for India since 2017 when he final donned the Indian whites throughout a Test sequence towards Australia at residence. He performed for Vidarbha in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy and was the very best run-scorer for them with 690 runs to his identify. Nair joined Vidarbha forward of the 2023-24 season after being axed by Karnataka in the 2022-23 season of the match.
Nair was instrumental with the bat in serving to Vidarbha end as runners-up in the Ranji Trophy 2023-24. He stated that he nonetheless eyes to play for India once more. “I think I have batted pretty well. I have got runs in all formats. I could have gone better in all formats but having said that, at least this season I have got quite a few runs starting from playing a few games in the County Championship,” Nair informed media after his 74-run knock in the Ranji Trophy ultimate towards Mumbai.
“(One) hundred per cent I think I can come back. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be giving my all to play domestic cricket. (One) hundred per cent I feel I can play for India again. It’s just about putting up the performances and keeping the consistency,” Nair stated as he eyes a comeback.
