Karun Nair hit a brilliant fifty in the Oval Test match. (Photo-PTI)
The fifth and last Test match between India and England is being played at the Oval Cricket Ground. By the end of the first day’s play, Team India has scored 204 runs losing 6 wickets. In this Test match, where the captain Shubman Gill and KL Rahul flopped in the form, Karun Nair not only took over the team’s innings but also hit the fifty after 3146 days. He last made a triple century against England in the year 2016, he could not perform anything special in his Test, due to which he was dropped from the team.
Karun Nair played a brilliant innings
On the first day of the Oval Test against England, Team India had lost 6 wickets on the score of only 153 runs. After this, Karun Nair, along with Washington Sundar, took over the team’s innings and took the score to 200. During this, both of them shared an unbeaten 51 runs for the seventh wicket. Karun Nair 52 and Washington Sundar are playing 19 runs.
On the first day of the Oval Test match, Karun Nair’s half -century was the most special, as he had to wait 3146 days to put this fifty. He is standing on the field after scoring 52 runs in 98 balls with the help of 7 fours. During this, he completed his half -century in 89 balls. Earlier, he scored an unbeaten 303 runs against England on 18 December 2016 in Chennai, in which he hit 32 fours and 4 sixes. After this, he could not do anything special in the Test, due to which he was dropped from the team.
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Team India returns after 8 years
After being out of Team India, Karun Nair did not give up and performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. He also performed brilliantly in IPL 2025, on which he was included in the team after 8 years for the Test series against England. However, he could not do anything special in the last three Tests played against England. During this time his highest score was 40 runs, but on the difficult pitch of Oval, he hit a brilliant batting and fifty.
Karun Nair performs in Test
33 -year -old Karun Nair has played 10 Test matches so far. In its 14 innings, he has scored 557 runs at an average of 46.41. This includes a century and a half -century. Apart from this, he has also played 2 ODI matches for Team India, in which he has scored 46 runs.
