Karun Nair Cricketer: The 5 Test series between India and England will begin on Friday (June 20). Both teams will face face to face in the headingley of Leeds. India has not been able to win the Test series on England’s soil since 2007. He was the last success under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. After that, captains like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli made their best to win the series in England, but failure only felt. Now after the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, who takes command of the team, will have a big responsibility.

Team India returns after 8 years

Shubman Gill will captain this format for the first time. Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been made vice -captain. Gill’s team has more than one tremendous player. Players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja can turn the match on their own. Gill will be expecting a tremendous start in the headingley and in this match, everyone’s eyes will be on Karun Nair, who returned to Team India after 8 years.

Pant revealed the batting order

It is more likely that Nair will get a chance to play in the first Test. Prior to the match, Vice -captain Pant has told that captain Shubman Gill will bat at fourth and he himself will bat at number five. It has become so clear from this that KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who have opened most of the matches on Australia tour, will start the innings in England. In such a situation, if Karun plays, then he will get a chance to bat at the third or sixth number.

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The triple century was held against England

Karun Nair has returned to the team after 8 years. He scored a triple century in his third Test in December 2016. After this, he was out of the team after playing three more Tests. He has so far scored 374 runs in 6 Tests with an average of 62.33. His highest score in Test is 303 not out. He was excluded after the Dharamshala Test against Australia in March 2017.

Runs were rained in domestic

Karun tried hard after this, but he did not come in the team. Despite this, Nair did not give up. He performed a bang in the 2024-25 seasons of the Ranji Trophy. Nair scored 863 runs in 9 matches at an excellent average of 53.94. This season, Nair scored 4 centuries and 2 half -centuries. Apart from this, he also batted vigorously in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Nair scored 779 runs in 9 matches at an average of 389.50. During this, he hit 5 centuries. Nair was selected in the team for the tour of England after this brilliant performance. Now his eyes are also on batting there.

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Dual century scored in England

If Nair gets a chance in playing-11, then he would like to show amazing in international matches like domestic cricket. Before the Test series, Nair was selected in the India A team. He scored a double century in an unofficial Test match against England Lions. He scored 204 runs off 281 balls. Now he would like to play a similar innings for India. He also has experience of playing in county cricket. In such a situation, he would like to start the series with a century or double century.