Double Whammy For Karun Nair: After Champions Trophy Snub, Star Fails In Vijay Hazare Last | Cricket Information

Hours after his omission from Workforce India’s squad for the Champions Trophy, Vidarbha captain Karun Nair dream run within the Vijay Hazare Trophy got here to an finish with a 27-run knock within the remaining towards Karnataka. Nair, who had scored 752 runs in seven video games within the lead as much as the ultimate, was undone by a wonderful supply from pacer Prasidh Krishna. Nair was overwhelmed all finally ends up because the ball stored low and nipped again in sharply to rattle the stumps.

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Nair’s dismissal noticed Vidarbha lowered to 88/2 whereas chasing 349 towards Karnataka within the remaining.

Earlier, Ravichandran Smaran smashed a century to energy Karnataka to 348/6 in 50 overs.

Krishnan Shrijith and Abhinav Manohar additionally scored half-centuries to propel Karnataka to a giant complete.

In the meantime, Nair’s omission from the Champions Trophy squad will increase questions in regards to the relevance for scoring closely in home cricket.

Head of BCCI’s choice committee, Ajit Agarkar, admitted that it was certainly powerful to incorporate Karun in a squad of 15 within the present state of affairs.

“Yeah, it’s powerful. These are actually particular performances. I imply, somebody who averages – 700-plus, 750-plus. We did have a chat (about Karun),” Agarkar stated within the press meet to announce the Indian squads right here on Saturday.

“However in the intervening time, to discover a spot on this group may be very troublesome. I imply, take a look at the blokes who’ve been picked. All common properly in extra of mid-40s.

“So, sadly, you possibly can’t match everybody in. It is a squad of 15. However these performances (like Karun) actually make you are taking discover,” he added.

So, what exactly is the group mixture that Agarkar was speaking about? In home cricket, Karun bats the very best at No. 3, and at instances, comes at both No. 4 or 5, relying on the situations.

Nonetheless, these slots within the Indian group are occupied by Virat Kohli, a titan in one-dayers, Shreyas Iyer, who averages near 50 in ODIs, and both KL Rahul, a confirmed, versatile 50-over batter who additionally maintain wickets, or Rishabh Pant, an explosive left-handed batter and the first-choice stumper-batter.

(With PTI Inputs)