Karun Nair Returns in Team India After 3006 Days: Karun Nair sought another opportunity from cricket about three years ago. Now cricket has given that opportunity to Karun. Karun is returning to Test cricket for 3006 days, about 8 years. Karun last played a Test match in the year 2017. Karun has now got a chance to play in the Test series against England. He has been selected in the Indian team’s playing 11 in the first Test match. The first match of the five-Test series between India and England is being played at the headingley ground in Leeds from Friday.

Karun asked for another chance from cricket

Karun last played the Test match against Australia in the year 2017. After this, he went with Team India on the tour of England in 2018. But he did not get a chance to play a single match. After this he got out of the team. Karun was working hard to return to the Test team since then. A time came that he became very sad. In the year 2022, he posted a post. Where he wrote, “Dear cricket, give me another chance.”
Karun was depressed when he did not find a place in the team, but he never gave up. He continued to do well in domestic cricket. Many times it happened that even after doing well, he did not get a place in the team. But still he kept quietly improving his performance. Karun hit 863 runs in 9 matches in the Ranji Trophy in the year 2024-25. At the same time, Karun scored 779 runs in just 8 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. During this, he scored four consecutive centuries. After this brilliant performance of Karun, the selectors could not ignore him. He had to give Karun a chance. He will now be seen playing against England.

Karun has scored a triple century in Test

Karun is only the second Indian player to score a triple century in the history of Test cricket. Karun scored an unbeaten 303 against England in 2016. Before Karun, Virender Sehwag has scored a triple century for India.

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Most Test Missed Between two appearances for india: The first match of the five -match Test series is being played between India and England from Friday. Karun Nair has returned after about 8 years in the Indian team. Nair last played a Test match for India in the year 2017. After this, he has now returned against England. Nair has missed 77 Test matches in these 8 years. See here the list of five Indian players, whose two Test matches have been gaping the most.

5 Indian players with the highest gap in two Tests

1- Jaydev Unadkat- The longest gap in playing two Test matches for India has been that of fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat. Unadkat missed 118 Test matches for India. After 2010, Virdakat got a chance to play Test in 2022 after 12 years.

2- Dinesh Karthik- Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik missed 87 Test matches for India. Karthik played a Test match in 2018 after an 8 -year long gap after 2010.

3- Parthiv Patel- Wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel was ruled out of Team India in 2008. After this, he had to wait for 8 years to play for India. Parthiv then played a Test match for India in 2016. During this, he missed 83 Test matches.

4- Karun Nair- Indian batsman Karun Nair will now be seen playing after 2017. In these seven years, he missed 77 Test matches for India. During this, he performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. After which now his team is returning.

5- Abhinav Mukund- Indian batsman Abhinav Mukund dropped out of Team India’s playing 11 in 2011. After this it took him 6 years to make a place in the team. Mukund again got a chance in the year 2017. During this time Mukund missed 56 Tests for India.

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