33 -year -old India National Cricket Team batsman Karun Nair failed to perform well on English soil in his return series against England National Cricket Team.
On return, Karun Nair’s flop show did not sit well with fans and cricketing fraternities, and he slammed the senior batsman for not making the most opportunities.
Karun Nair scored 205 runs in 8 innings
Nair, who is India’s second triple Centurion, returned to the test after eight years after his extraordinary performance for Vidarbha domestic cricket.
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He started a tour of England on an outstanding note by breaking a brilliant 204 in a tour match against England Lions in Cancerbury.
However, as the main series began, their form became downhill. 33 -year -old batsman Nair has failed to justify his place and has returned with a low score.
He has batted in three different positions for the team led by Shubman Gill and scored only a 50-plus score. In his return game at Headingley in Leeds, he achieved a duck in the first innings and scored 20 runs in the second innings.
In the second and third Test matches at Edgbaston, Birmingham and Lords, he batted at number 3, scoring 31, 26, 40 and 14 runs. He was left for the fourth Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, but returned to the playing XI for the fifth Test at the Oval.
At the conclusion of the series, he scored 57 runs in the first innings, but looked pathetic in the second innings, scoring 17 runs. Overall, he ended with 205 runs in 8 innings on an average of 25.62, and his method of dismissal also came under investigation.
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Nair is never really going – Stuart Broad
Speaking on Sky Sports, Pace-Bauling Legend Stuart Broad said Nair was unable to go to India’s second innings with bat. He said:
“England needed it. Nair was never really going. Many people did not go on the face of their bat.”
Meanwhile, Michael Vaughan said that Nair came out playing ‘timid stroke’ and any bowler can bother him with off-stump lines. Speaking on BBC Test Match, he said:
“This is a slight additional bounce. This is such a coward stroke. All the teams can challenge Karun Nair and around that stump. The root team is doing a good chat for the team and she is saying, ‘Look, leads, this pitch is doing a lot. We can probably bowl India in a few hours or two hours.”
It is reported here that the Cricket Frequency reacted to Karun Nair’s return to the flop show:
Karun Nair found the number of numbers on flat surfaces and a fifty and some dumb fans would say that this is enough and will give him more opportunities. We should never see this fraud near the Indian dressing room. pic.twitter.com/i2G9kxjo0
– Sujit Suman (@Sujeetsuman1991) August 2, 2025
Happy retirement Karun Nair pic.twitter.com/laznjkaz0m
– AJ (@ajstyles511) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair Test Career, in every way, is over.
– Gabbar (@gabbarsingh) August 2, 2025
Thank you Karun Nair,
Best wishes for the future pic.twitter.com/0BFTQOLNCR– Gentle Gentle (@Gentleman 07_) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair always saw in the field of danger. He did not look confident today. Missing something #ENGVIND
– Devendra Pandey (@Pdevendra) August 2, 2025
Congratulations on a well -worthy retirement, Karun Nair! Best wishes to all of you for this new chapter. https://t.co/7fudapu7td
– Anjali Roy (@Anjaliroy 05) August 2, 2025
Choosing Karun Nair on Shreyas Iyer is still giving me bad dreams …
And don’t forget Virat Kohli’s retirement #INDVSENGTEST #Indvseng2025 #Ovaltest
– The Sports Academy (@Sportsxfeed) August 2, 2025
The series was the perfect closed moment for Karun Nair and his supporters who thought he might have overtaken the selected people who chose Ajinkya Rahane ahead of Karun Nair. The fact is that it never meant to be, and it is fine that he still has that record against his name.
– Shreyas Yaps Cricket (@cricchancellor) August 2, 2025
Karun Nair must have only played his last international match. Adeu #INDVSENG #Indvseng2025 #Ovaltest pic.twitter.com/hwsyunrids
– Ciju Mothedath (@sijumoothedath) August 2, 2025
