He returned to the undefeated pavilion in 52, helping India get 204/6 on a 1 rainy day.
Karun Nair, who returned after eight years in the Indian test team, starred in the fifth and final proof against England in the Oval. Carrying to the XI game after being retired from the fourth test, Nair scored a fifty on the first day of the game in the fifth test.
He returned to the undefeated pavilion in 52, helping India get 204/6 on a 1 rainy day.
The batter on the right failed to have an impact with the Willow on the first three trial matches against England, and as a result, he was removed from the fourth test in Manchester. In the fifth ongoing trial match, the hitter on the right showed a tremendous courage when his team needed it more.
Kevin Pietersen reserves great praise to Karun Nair
The former England player and the batting coach of Delhi Capitals, Kevin Pietersen, praised Nair, since both worked together during the IPL 2025. Piettersen spoke about all the hard yards placed by Nair during the IPL 2025.
The 33 -year -old mass spent a lot of time with the former player dissecting the batting in English conditions.
“Very happy for Karun and how India’s batting has stabilized yesterday. He is a great worker in his game, and we spent many hours talking about batting in England during the IPL. I hope he gets a wonderful 100 today!” Pietersen wrote in X.
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Nair was cornered by Delhi’s capitals for IPL 2025, and later, the Delhi -headed franchise also appointed Pietersen as its batting coach. It was then that the duo began working together. After doing a job for eight years, Nair finally managed to reach the Indian team, but had a hard departure in the first three test matches against England.
ENG VS IND FIFTH TEST
Karnataka headquarters, who then moved his base to Vidarbha, remained solid for the Indian team during the fifth ongoing trial match against England.
After people like Yashavi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul and Shubman Gill failed with their willows, it was Nair who gave stability to the Indian team. He did not remain next to Washington Sussale, who is also hitting the 19.
In addition to Nair, the young Sai Sudharsan fought hard and scored 38 before leaving day 1. The Indian team will seek to score big when they go out to hit the second day of the play against England in the oval.
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