- Indian batsman Karun Nair has caught everyone’s attention with his stormy batting in the recent past. After the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, his bat has also thundered in the Ranji Trophy. Since then, there have been speculations about his return to the team…
Indian batsman Karun Nair has caught everyone’s attention with his stormy batting in the recent past. After the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, his bat has also thundered in the Ranji Trophy. Since then, there have been speculations about his return to the team. Meanwhile, some fans say that not Karun Nair but the right-handed batsman is the real contender for a comeback in the team. This player has proved to be a match-winner for India many times.
Not Karun Nair but this player is a contender for a comeback in the Test team
The recent performance of 33-year-old batsman Karun Nair has been amazing. He made a splash with his explosive batting in the domestic tournament and staked a claim for a comeback. It is expected that he can be included in Team India for the five-match Test series to be played with England in June-August. However, in the meantime, some fans believe that there is a player on the team who deserves a comeback more than Karun Nair.
Played a role in winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
The player we are talking about is none other than 37-year-old batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. The right-handed batsman has had a great Test career. With his explosive performance in this format, he proved himself as a key player. However, Cheteshwar Pujara has not got a place in Team India for the last two years. He played his last match for India in June 2023. Since then he is eagerly waiting for his comeback.
Their career has been better than Karun Nair
Cheteshwar Pujara’s cricket career has been much better than Karun Nair’s. He has scored 7195 runs in 176 innings of 103 matches with the help of 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries, in which his average was 43.60. He has 21301 runs in his name in 278 first-class matches. On the other hand, if we talk about Karun Nair, he could score only 374 runs in six Test matches. During this, 303 runs came off his bat in one match. After this, he failed to maintain consistency in his form, due to which he lost his place.
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