Karun Nair confidently enduring his wait for a comeback
It has been almost three years that Karun Nair has featured in an India side, his poor form in the last domestic season accompanied by an ill-timed injury saw the batter struggle in all forms of the game. Nair wants to move on from his failures and start afresh for the national team.
It all seemed to be a dream run for Karnataka middle-order batsman Karun Nair as his Test career went off to a rollicking start with a magnificent 303* in his debut series against England in 2016. Little did he know after becoming the second Indian after Virender Sehwag to score a triple ton, his career will come down crashing in his next series.
He was being picked into the national side after his consistent run in back to back domestic season for his state team. In the finals of 2014-15 Ranji trophy season, he scored a 328 which sealed Karnataka’s mammoth innings win against a strong Tamil Nadu team. That season Karnataka won the treble, winning Vijay Hazare, Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup on the trot.
Karun has played 6 Tests for India, apart from his triple century innings, managing to score a mere 71 runs from his remaining 6 innings. He had to come back to domestic circuit to grind his way through. Since his exclusion from the national team, he has had a poor outing, including the last domestic season across formats.
"You have to move on. The last season I didn't have those many runs and was injured at the wrong time. I was out for one month and that again disrupted the season. I am trying to get back stronger this year. All I can do is get the bat to do the talking," said Karun, who spent his 28th birthday on Friday.
This season, however, the newly appointed Karnataka Ranji skipper has not got enough opportunity in the limited-overs tournaments as the Karnataka’s top-order fired consistently.
In Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored 66 runs off six innings. He fared better in the T20s with 203 runs coming off eight innings. Karun pointed, "I don't think I have batted enough in the last two tournaments. I haven't got enough opportunities to spend time in the middle. I had a couple of opportunities that I didn't make use of. In the Duleep Trophy and Thimmappaiah I got quite a few runs so... I am happy with the way I am batting. I am not worried. Hopefully, I will get some time in the middle."
On their campaign opener against a strong team like Tamil Nadu, Karun concluded, "Sometimes it does make a difference when you're playing a big team in the first game. Everyone is up for it. Having said that, the Ranji Trophy rules are such that only five teams from the first two groups make it to the quarterfinals. It's really important to start the tournament well. It becomes harder if you don't start well."
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