India vs England Test Series: The 5 Test series between India and England will begin on June 20. Many players have already reached there for this. On June 5, many players left for England along with head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill. Before going there, the coach and captain in Mumbai answered many important questions in a media interaction. Gambhir said a lot about Karun Nair, who returned to Team India after 8 years, during this period.

Return after 2017

Gambhir has insisted that the team management will give enough opportunities to Karun Nair to show his talent in the five -Test series. For the first time since 2017, Karun has been called back to India’s Test team for the tour of England. After the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, he has a golden opportunity to confirm his place in the format of the red ball. Nair once again caught the attention of the selectors after a brilliant performance in the last domestic cricket season. He returned to the Indian team by scoring 863 runs with four centuries in nine Ranji Trophy matches. Apart from this, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy scored 779 runs in just eight innings including five centuries.

It’s great for the future of Domestic cricket #Teamindia Head Coach Gautam Gambhir on Karun Nair’s comeback into the Test team #Engvind | @Gautamgambhir | @karun126 pic.twitter.com/z1xCj8Q9qn

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 5, 2025

Dual century scored in England

Nair also left his mark with a double century in the first informal Test of India ‘A’ against England Lions. He came to bat at number 3 and scored 204 runs in 281 balls. During this, he hit 26 fours and 1 six. Gambhir praised Karun, who worked hard in domestic cricket for his return to the Test team. After scoring a triple century against England in 2016, Karun played only three more Tests. He was dropped from the Test team after the Australia series in March 2017.

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Doors are never closed: serious

Gambhir said in the press conference, “This is very good for the future of domestic cricket. All the youth playing in it know the importance of domestic cricket. If you keep doing well in domestic cricket, those doors are never closed. It is always good to have a player who has played a little county cricket. At the same time, when he is in a very good form, where he has scored 200 runs for India A. ‘

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Nair will get enough

Gambhir further said that the team management will support Karun and give him enough opportunities to show his talent. He said, “We will not assess anyone from just one or two Test matches. I think if someone has scored a lot of runs, then I think he will be given enough opportunity so that he can show his talent at this level too. It is always good to have such players, who are in good form. His experience will be useful and hopefully he will be able to perform well. ”Now Nair is a challenge to build a mountain of runs in England like domestic cricket. If he performs well, England bowlers will come under pressure and Team India will get the benefit.