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Karun Nair

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batting styleright handed Batter
Career & Stats
Batting
Bowling

Karun Nair Recent Form

Batting

VID vs CHG, T204 (2)
VID vs ASM, T2075 (47)
VID vs PDC, T2065 (32)
VID vs CG, T208 (9)
VID vs ODSA, T2077 (39)
VID vs GUJ, First class123 (237)
VID vs HP, First class85 (134)
VID vs PDC, First class1 (8)
VID vs PDC, First class25 (86)
VID vs ANDR, First class12 (13)
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Bowling

VID vs GUJ, First class2-10
NOR vs GLCS, First class0-13
NOR vs GLM, First class0-3
NOR vs MDX, First class0-7
VID vs MUM, First class0-19
VID vs MAH, First class0-10
VID vs RAJ, First class0-2
VID vs SAUR, First class0-6
VID vs SER, LIST A0-28
VID vs HYD, LIST A0-12
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Karun Nair Career Stats

Batting

FormatMatInnR100s50sHSSRAvgFoursSixesDuckRank
ODI2246003952.2723.0060----
Test673741030373.9162.33414----
IPL7668149601083127.7523.7516139----

Bowling

FormatMatInnWEconAvgBest3W5WSRMaidenRank
ODI2000.000.000000.00----
Test6205.500.000/4000.00----
IPL76000.000.000000.00----

Career Debut Information

ODI Debut
Zimbabwe vs India at Harare - June 11, 2016
Test Debut
India vs England at Mohali - November 26 - 29, 2016
IPL Debut
vs Mumbai Indians at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Apr 04, 2013

Teams played for

India Royal Challengers Bangalore Karnataka Rajasthan Royals South Zone India A Mangalore United Indian Board Presidents XI Rest of India Delhi Capitals Mysuru Warriors India Green Punjab Kings Board Presidents XI India Red Kolkata Knight Riders

About Karun Nair

NameKarun Nair
GenderMale
Birth6 Dec 1991
Birth PlaceJodhpur
Height5 ft 6 in
NationalityIndian

Karun Nair is one of the talented batsmen from the Karnataka circuit. Uncannily, the stylish batsman will be remembered for getting dropped from the national side soon after scoring a triple-century in Tests. Over the years, Nair has been a prolific batsman for his state side in the Ranji Trophy and domestic limited-overs formats but has not been able to find his luck in the international arena.... continue reading

Player Bio

Karun Nair is one of the talented batsmen from the Karnataka circuit. Uncannily, the stylish batsman will be remembered for getting dropped from the national side soon after scoring a triple-century in Tests. Over the years, Nair has been a prolific batsman for his state side in the Ranji Trophy and domestic limited-overs formats but has not been able to find his luck in the international arena.

Nair has a sound technique and temperament to succeed at the highest level and the triple century against England is a testament to that but he has not been able to unlock his full potential yet. 

The Jodhpur-born made his domestic debut for Karnataka in the 2013-14 season stockpiling thousands of runs in Karnataka’s success. Nair made his international debut in an ODI against Zimbabwe in June 2016, but could only field in his first (and only) ODI assignment. The Karnataka batsman again got an opportunity to play India, this time in the longest format against England in November at Mohali 2016. 

However, Nair’s debut Test outing ended with an unfortunate run-out. Nair scored a mind-boggling 303* off 381 balls in his very third Test. After becoming the second-only triple-centurion for India, Nair had to miss out from the playing XI to make a place for Ajinkya Rahane. He again came into the Test team but was dropped from the playing XI after a string of low scores against Australia in 2016 and has not been able to come back since. 

Although, a young Karun Nair came into the Indian Premier League in 2013 by Bangalore, but could stamp his class there. In 2014, Karun was picked by Rajasthan Royals and scored 330 runs at a strike rate in excess of 140. He could not build on the gains made in the last season and had an average season in IPL 2015.

When Rajasthan Royals were banned by the BCCI for IPL 2016 and 2017, Karun was picked by the Delhi team where he bounced back and scored heavily in two consecutive seasons. He was also trusted to lead the side in absence of Zaheer Khan during the season.

The KXIP finally picked him in the IPL 2018 season and the Karnataka batsman was been with them for three editions. He has not had a very successful run-in with the Punjab team and played four games altogether in his last two stints with Punjab. 

In February 2021, the promising but out-of-form was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 14th edition of the IPL in the second-round picks in the auctions. Karun Nair might not have the best of times in the altered 2020-21 domestic cycle for Karnataka, but he is too good of a batsman to make a season of his own. 

(As of March 2021)