Gill had defended, saying, ‘We think Karun is batting well, it is just getting difficult for him to build rhythm’
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that it is unfortunate that Karun Nair could not take advantage of the second chance he got in international cricket. Nair scored 0 and 20 runs while playing at number six in the opening Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He was then sent to number three in place of Sai Sudarshan, and in the next two Tests he could only score 31, 26, 40 and 14 runs.
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Cricket gave him a chance, but he could not capitalize on it: Sanjay Manjrekar
Manjrekar, referring to an old viral tweet of Nair ‘Cricket give me another chance’, said that despite getting opportunities in the England tour, this batsman could not take advantage of the opportunities. This led to the batsman being dropped from the squad ahead of the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester, and Sudharsan was once again included in the playing XI.
“It was an emotional story where he said, ‘Cricket, give me another chance’. Cricket gave him another chance. Unfortunately, he couldn’t capitalise on it and, you know, now Sai Sudharsan is making a comeback. It’s good to see Sai Sudharsan back, because I felt he should have played the second Test as well,” Manjrekar said on air during the fourth Test.
Unfortunately, Karun-Gill could not score many runs
Sanjay told that, it seemed that the 33-year-old Nair would be retained in the playing XI, as Indian captain Shubman Gill defended Nair’s poor performance in the pre-match press conference.
Gill said in the pre-match press conference, “We think Karun is batting well. In the first match, he did not play at his number (at number six). When a player is making a comeback in a series like this, it is difficult. But I don’t think there is any problem with his batting.” “Sometimes it is also about getting the rhythm. Once you complete your half-century, you can get back into your rhythm and score some big runs. Unfortunately, that has not happened for him yet.”
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