Karun Nair’s 8-year wait for Test comeback cut short by Ollie Pope’s spectacular catch
After an eight -year hiatus, Karun Nair’s return to the test jack was short because I Stokes was rejected for a duck. Nair, which previously achieved three centuries against England in 2016, was remembered after extraordinary performances in the domestic jack.
On the second day of the Leeds test, Karun Nair disappointed his fans during the test return after an eight -year hiatus, as he was dismissed by British captain Ben Stokes for a duck. After Shubman Gill’s dismissal, he came to wrinkle, but Olie Pope could not have an impact by conducting a remarkable capture. Stokes is a complete Outswinger Bowled, which is wide, which is wide from the stump that wants Nair to try a large cover driver. Unfortunately, the shot could not be timely timed, and the Pope did a striking capture soon. The ball was moving away, but he completely dived to his left and caught with two hands above his head. Nair managed to face only four balls in the first test match at Headingley.
Ollie Pope … This is extraordinary!
A capture flying to the left means that Karun Nair is separated for the duck.
– England Cricket (@englandcrick) 21 June 2025
Interestingly, Sai Sudharsan also faced only four balls at the test output before rejected by Stokes. Nair took its place in the Indian team in the UK due to their extraordinary performances at the Ranji Cup and Vijay Hazare Trophy for Vidarbha. Two non-official test matches against the UK Lions made 3 and 4 strokes, but the opening test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Cup was appointed bat in number 6.
Nair fell from the Indian team in 2006 after scored three centuries against England in Chennai. In 2002, he was removed from the Ranji Trophy team of Karnataka. He played for Vidarbha in the 2024-25 inner season and collected 863 runs in the Ranji Cup in an average of 53.93 runs.
In addition, during the Vijay Hazare Cup, he won five centuries in eight Inning. In addition, the British Lions against the first unofficial test against an unspecified 186 running, but the test could not run on the return.
First, after the bat was asked, the men in Blue dominated the opening day of the Leeds test, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill for centuries. On the second day, Rishabh Pant reached the seventh test, but the British made a strong return around the lunch break and India fell from 430/7 to 471. The Josh tongue took 4 small doors to finish the queue, and I Stokes ended with 4 small doors.
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