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LEEDS: In a significant blow to India, Karun Nair, who was set to play his first match since 2017, is doubtful for the first Test against England, which is set to commence tomorrow.
According to the reports, the right-handed batter sustained an injury during the net session while facing pacer Prasidh Krishna.
Karun Nair’s name emerged in 2016 after scoring an unbeaten 303 in his third Test, before disappearing.
However, he earned his place in the Indian team for the England tour after scoring a plethora of runs in Domestic cricket.
The Rajastan-born batter topped the run charts for Vidarbha in the 2024-25 season, having made 863 runs at 53.93 in a title-winning Ranji Trophy campaign.
Earlier, Nair also had a stellar 50-over season, in which he scored five centuries in eight innings at an impressive average of 389.50 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In addition to this, the 33-year-old batter was also on song for India ‘A’ during the first practice match against England Lions in the first unofficial Test in Canterbury.
He scored his fourth double century in first-class cricket, the second in England. Last year, he smashed a majestic unbeaten double hundred for Northamptonshire.
The five-match Test series will mark the start of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025–27 cycle for both teams, with India set to enter a new era under the leadership of their new captain, Shubman Gill.
For the unversed, India will be without their senior duo, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who recently retired from Test cricket, bringing down the curtain on their illustrious careers.
India squad for England Tests:
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav.
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