Karun Nair went six months without playing to becoming one of the top performers of the Vijay Hazare Trophy — now selectors are interested | Cricket News
Scrolling through X (formerly Twitter), one could hear the plea Karun Nair made back in December 2022. “Dear cricket, give me one more chance,” he would tweet with a fingers crossed emoji accompanying the words. In the middle of a domestic season back then, it seemed India’s cricketing eco-system, except for quizzers, had forgotten one of only two triple-centurions in their Test history. Even his state team, Karnataka, had moved on from Karun, who spent the most of 2022-23 season just taking throw downs and facing amateur net bowlers. Cut to January 2025, and Karun is the story of the ongoing domestic season, as his fourth successive century and fifth of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy put Vidarbha into the semi-finals on Sunday. As India enter a transitional phase, with seniors Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struggling in Tests, Karun happens to be a player that the selectors are watching with keen interest. “It was an emotional moment when I put that tweet,” Karun tells The Indian Express shortly after his unbeaten 122 and an …
