The 33-year-old India National Cricket Team-Batsman Karun Nair did not succeed in performing well in his comeback series against the English National Cricket team on English soil.
The flopshow of Karun Nair on comeback did not go well with the fans and the cricket brotherhood, and they closed the Senior Slagman because they did not get the most out of the opportunities.
Karun Nair scores 205 runs in 8 innings
Nair, who is India’s second triple Centurion, made his comeback to the test after eight years after his exceptional performance for Vidarbha Domestic Cricket.
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He started the tour of England on an excellent memorandum by breaking a brilliant 204 in a tour match against the England Lions in Canterbury.
However, when the main series started, his shape went downhill. The 33-year-old Batsman Nair did not succeed in justifying his place in the side and has returned with low scores.
He has beaten three different positions for the team led by Shubman Gill and has scored only one 50-plus score. In his comeback match in Headingley in Leeds, he took a duck in the first innings and scored 20 points in the second innings.
In the second and third test matches in Edgbaston in Birmingham and Lord’s in London, he hit number 3 and scored 31, 26, 40 and 14 points. He was dropped for the fourth test in Old Trafford in Manchester, but returned to the Playing XI for the fifth test in The Oval.
In the serial final he scored a good 57 points in the first innings, but looked miserable in the second innings and scored 17 points. In general, he finished with 205 runs in 8 innings on an average of 25.62, and his method of dismissal was also examined.
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Nair was never really started – Stuart Broad
Speaking at Sky Sports, the Tempo-Bowling legend Stuart Broad said that Nair was unable to work with the bat in the second innings of India. He said:
“England needed that. Nair never really got going. Not much came on the face of his bat.”
In the meantime, Michael Vaughan said that Nair got out while playing a ‘timid battle’ and every bowler can bother him with off-stupid lines. Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, he said:
“It’s a bit extra bouncing. It’s such a timid blow. All teams can challenge Karun Nair in and around that stump. Joe Root has a good conversation with the team and he will say:” Look guys, this pitch does enough.
This is how Cricket Brotherhood reacted to Karun Nair’s flopshow on comeback:
Karun Nair had a number of chances on flat surfaces and delivers a fifty and few stupid fans that this is enough and give him more opportunities. We should never see this fraud in the vicinity of the Indian dressing room. pic.twitter.com/i2go9kxjo0
– Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) August 2, 2025
Happy Pension Karun Nair 🥺 pic.twitter.com/laznjkaz0m
– AJ (@Ajstyles511) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair test career is over anyway.
– Gabbar (@Gabbbarsingh) August 2, 2025
Thank you Karun Nair,
The best for the future 🙏erson pic.twitter.com/0bftqolncr– Gentle Man 🪷 (@Gentleman07_) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair always looked in the danger zone. He did not look confident today. Something was missing #Engvind
– Devendra Pandey (@pdevendra) August 2, 2025
Congratulations on a well -deserved pension, Karun Nair! 🎉 I wish you the best for this new chapter. 😊 https://t.co/7fudapu7td
– Anjali Roy (@ Anjaliyoy050) August 2, 2025
Choosing Karun Nair above Shreyas Iyer still gives me nightmares …
And don’t forget Virat Kohli’s pension #Indvestydest #Indvseng2025 #NAALST
– The Sports Academy (@sportsxfeed) August 2, 2025
This series was the perfect closing moment for Karun Nair himself and his supporters who thought he might have been surpassed by the selectors who chose Ajinkya Rahane for Karun Nair. The fact is that it was never meant, and it’s fine, he still has that record against his name.
– Shreyas Yaps Cricket🏏 (@cricancellor) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair must have played his last international competition. Adieu 🙏#Indvseng #Indvseng2025 #NAALST pic.twitter.com/hwsyunrids
– Siju Mothedath (@sijumoothedath) August 2, 2025
#fraud #vicinity #Indian #dressing #room #Karun #Nair #closed #pathetic #comeback