The waiting of 3011-day ends in heartbreak! Karun Nair Falls for Four-Ball Duck on Test Comeback | Cricket news
New Delhi: Eight long years – or 3,011 days to be accurate – how long Karun Nair waited to re -run in India’s Test jersey. But the return of the fairy tale did not reveal the way he had imagined. On his much awaited return to the cricket Test, Karun ran for just four balls, rejecting for a duck.England captain Ben Stokes was a party spiler. He wooed Karun in a full outwinger, wide of stump – a drive. But the right -handed player was not committed to a complete shot. Instead of finding the gap, the ball flew with the bat and flying directly to the short cover in the hands of Oli Pope, which pulled a luxurious catch – full stretch on its left, overhead, both hands overheads, almost horizontal ground.Karun, who dug a stunning triple century against England in December 2016 with a surprising triple century, played an exam in 2017. Since then, he got away in domestic cricket, waiting for patient return. “Dear cricket, give me another chance,” he often reminds himself.
He allowed his bat to talk in the 2024-25 season – scored 863 runs in nine Ranji Trophy Games over four centuries, and 779 runs in the innings of eight Vijay Hazare Trophy, including five tons. His perseverance was finally rewarded when the BCCI chose him for a five -match Test series in England.India’s 287th Test cricketer received Nair a return hat from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar – for a moment he would always cherish, even if the script on the field did not go enough.
