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Irfan Pathan<\/strong>: <\/a>Former India all-rounder\u00a0Irfan Pathan\u00a0has criticized Karun Nair for failing to make the most of his opportunities during the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Making his Test comeback after 2017,\u00a0Nair\u00a0played in four out of the five matches but failed to leave a significant mark. He scored only 205 runs across eight innings at an average of 25.62, with just one half-century to his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irfan Pathan<\/strong>: In a video shared on his\u00a0YouTube channel, @officialIrfanPathan, on Wednesday, August 6, the 40-year-old rated Nair\u2019s performance a four out of ten and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cKarun Nair gets four out of ten. Why? He didn\u2019t look particularly poor throughout the series. He kept getting starts consistently but managed only one half-century. He got plenty of opportunities. Cricket definitely gave him a second chance, but he couldn\u2019t capitalize on it the way he should have. Especially in the Lord\u2019s Test, he had a real chance to win the match for India but couldn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOther than that, it often seemed like he was playing well, building up nicely, and then suddenly, he\u2019d play a loose shot and get out. At the Oval, when the bouncer was used against him, he looked a bit shaken and seemed more unsettled and uncomfortable. So, he gets four points,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Irfan Pathan<\/strong>: Meanwhile, Pathan gave\u00a0Sai Sudharsan\u00a0a rating of five out of ten, noting that the left-hander could have delivered a stronger performance had he played all five matches. Pathan said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSai Sudharsan gets five out of ten. He came across as a player who, with a bit of work on a few aspects, clearly has a lot of cricketing potential. He could have made better use of the opportunities he got but wasn\u2019t quite able to do so. However, I do believe that if he had played all the matches, things might have turned out differently, but it\u2019s not that easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you go overseas, you get a chance, your team loses, then you get dropped, and later you\u2019re brought back. Even selecting a playing XI is a tough job. But as a player, he\u2019ll definitely feel that if he gets regular opportunities going forward, he can achieve a lot. I\u2019ve always liked left-handed batters at the top of the order, and even in the last match when he got a chance, he scored a half-century and batted well. He has the ability to do well. That\u2019s why he gets five out of ten,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Irfan Pathan<\/strong>: Sudarshan <\/a>featured in three matches and scored 140 runs across six innings at a modest average of 23.33, including one half-century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irfan Pathan<\/strong>: \u201cHe couldn\u2019t live up to the expectations\u201d – Irfan Pathan weighs in on Shardul Thakur\u2019s performance in ENG-IND 2025 series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In the same video, Irfan Pathan also pointed out that\u00a0Shardul Thakur\u00a0<\/a>failed to meet expectations in the series. The 33-year-old featured in two matches, scoring 46 runs across three innings at an average of 15.33. The right-arm seamer was underwhelming, managing just two wickets in three innings. Reacting to Shardul\u2019s performance, Pathan said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cShardul Thakur.<\/a> He was making a comeback, especially after an impressive run in domestic cricket. There were expectations that he would replicate that in England, but he couldn\u2019t. I\u2019d give him 4 out of 10, because only one good innings of 41 runs came from him. Apart from that, he didn\u2019t show much impact with the bat. Even in bowling, the consistency was lacking. He is a good player, but he couldn\u2019t live up to the expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Overall, he has represented\u00a0India\u00a0in 13 Tests, picking up 33 wickets and scoring 377 runs, which includes four half-centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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