Out-of-favour India batter Karun Nair scored 779 runs throughout 8 innings at a mean of 389.50 within the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. Legendary Sachin Tendulkar made a supportive social media submit. However none of it helped. His dream of donning the Indian jersey once more after eight years was dashed when the nationwide selectors led by Ajit Agarkar and skipper Rohit Sharma sat collectively to select India’s squads for the Champions Trophy and the ODIs towards England. There was no place within the Indian crew for the 33-year-old Vidarbha captain, who even had a mean of 752 earlier than the ultimate match of the home match.
Talking on Nair exclusion, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar identified the rationale why the participant didn’t discover a place within the crew.
“The place ought to they match him? You may have taken the spot of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. KL will carry out the position of second wicetkeeper-batter for this crew and his efficiency throughout 2023 World Cup was good. I do not suppose Indian cricket crew has performed a lot ODI cricket after that. Shreyas Iyer has additionally carried out nicely within the format. That’s the reason Karun Nair has not been picked,” Gavaskar instructed Sports activities Tak.
“If his type throughout Ranji Trophy stays similar, then it is going to be onerous for Crew India to not decide him in the course of the upcoming Check tour of England,” he added.
Steady questions are being requested by the BCCI concerning the relevance for scoring closely in home cricket if a participant doesn’t get chosen on that depend, and concerning the honesty of the crew administration’s resolution to put significance on home matches. However in fact, as Ajit Agarkar defined, it was certainly robust to incorporate Karun in a squad of 15 within the present state of affairs.
“Yeah, it’s robust. These are actually particular performances. I imply, somebody who averages – 700-plus, 750-plus (earlier than Vijay Hazare last). We did have a chat (about Karun),” Agarkar mentioned within the press meet to announce the Indian squads on Saturday.
“However for the time being, to discover a spot on this crew may be very tough. I imply, take a look at the blokes who’ve been picked. All common nicely in extra of mid-40s.
“So, sadly, you possibly can’t match everybody in. It is a squad of 15. However these performances (like Karun) definitely make you are taking discover,” he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
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