Karun Nair is again the place all of it started — in England, with the Indian Check crew — eight years after he was dropped regardless of scoring a triple century. Now 33, he says the presence of long-time associates Okay.L. Rahul and Prasidh Krishna within the dressing room gives “a really comforting issue.”
“Life has come a full circle as a result of I went out of the crew in England and now I’m coming again into the crew in England,” Karun instructed BCCI. “Taking part in alongside Rahul and Prasidh can also be a really comforting issue. We’ve performed cricket for therefore a few years since in all probability we had been younger children and grew up collectively.”
A powerful 2024–25 home season — 863 runs at 54, guiding Vidarbha to the Ranji Trophy — earned Karun a recall for the five-Check sequence towards England.
“My first thought after I awakened (after being dropped) was I need to play Check cricket, I need to play for India once more… that’s in all probability what stored me going,” he stated. “Every single day I used to get up considering what ought to I do to succeed in that purpose.”
Karun says he’s mentally extra affected person and self-forgiving now. “I at all times take into consideration positives, have sure targets in thoughts, visualise issues and have actual perception.”
The second it hit him that he was again? “After I noticed everybody for the primary time, that point I realised I’m lastly within the crew.”
“I benefit from the feeling of carrying this jersey… and attempting our greatest to win video games for our nation.”