Explainer: 7 innings, 5 centuries and 752 runs, yet it is difficult for Karun Nair to get a place in the Champions Trophy team, why so?

Last Updated:January 18, 2025, 09:01 IST

Karun Nair: Karun Nair may not get a place in the Indian cricket team selected for the Champions Trophy 2025. In Vijay Hazare Trophy, he has scored 752 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches. Even after scoring 5 centuries this batsman…read more

Karun Nair’s recent performance has been explosive. He has scored 752 runs in the last 7 ODI matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

New Delhi. Karun Nair, who created a sensation for India by scoring a triple century in Test, was out of the team after playing just 6 matches. Now after 8 years, he has caught everyone’s attention by showing explosive performance in domestic cricket. Karun Nair has scored 752 runs in the last 7 innings while captaining Vidarbha in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Because of this performance, hopes of him playing ODI once again after 2017 have been raised. BCCI is about to announce the team for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Karun’s place in the team selected for the tournament is difficult.

Karun Nair is hopeful that he will return to the Indian team for the ICC event but according to reports the selectors are not going to consider his name. India Today has reported that Nair will not be included in the team for the ICC event. Sources said it would not be wise to bring Nair back. Nair is 33 years old and played his last match for India in 2017. In the year 2016, Karun got a chance to play two ODI matches against Zimbabwe under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

Karun Nair scored runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy

After his stellar performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Nair will definitely be in the selectors’ sights but his chances of returning to the Indian team are slim. He can hope to make a place in the Test team. Considering the struggles of Indian batsmen in Australia, Nair may make a comeback in the Test team.

Karun Nair has scored 374 runs in 7 innings of 6 Tests. Nair is the second Indian batsman after Virender Sehwag to score a triple century in Tests. He played an unbeaten inning of 303 runs in the Chennai Test against England in 2016. But after this he lost his place in the test team. In 2022, he was dropped from Karnataka’s Ranji Trophy team. After this, Nair turned to Vidarbha team and attracted everyone’s attention by batting explosively as captain.