Team India and Vidarbha batsman Karun Nair is currently going through a fantastic batting form. Nair has broken various records in domestic cricket and is trying to knock on the door of Team India for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Nair has finally opened up after his impressive performance in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, India's domestic 50-over tournament. He still dreams of playing for India one day and this has always motivated him to perform well.
The 33-year-old just wants to focus on one innings at a time and continue to perform at every opportunity. He believes hard work is the only way to success and hasn't done anything differently to date.
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“The dream is always to serve the country” – Karen Nair
Karan Nair talks about his dream of playing international cricket for India and wants to focus on every innings. He wants to do everything he can control and doesn't want to think too far ahead.
“Our dream is always to play for the national team. So, yes, the dream is still there. That's why we are playing this game, to play for your national team. So, the only goal is to play for the national team.” PTI Karen was quoted as saying.
“I think this is my third comeback (laughs). I need to keep doing what I'm doing. In every game I play, keep scoring as long as I can. That's the most I can do matter.
“But until it (selection) happens, it is just a dream. It has not materialized yet. But, like I said, I want to focus on one innings at a time,” the Vidarbha batsman revealed.
“I'm not doing anything different” – Karun Nair
Karan Nair was also further asked about the changes he had made to improve his performance. He responded that only hard work had put him in this situation and that he had not done anything differently. He always had this belief in himself and wanted to stay positive.
“I'm not doing anything different. There's no secret. I think it's just years of hard work and persistence and, you know, a combination of all of that. Maybe you could say, treat every day like a new day and make sure I respect every inning I play,” Cullen said.
When he's not in form, he starts over again and tries again. He further talked about maintaining a positive thought process even when his bat is not in good form.
“I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared. I think anyone could feel that way. But I never thought my career was going to be over. I just thought about where is it going to go? What am I doing? How could such a thing happen? Karen pointed out.
“It takes a while for you to get out of that phase and understand what's going on and what you should do. So, I told myself, I need to start from scratch again. Give myself a few years and see and then I can decide what to do. , that’s my thought process,” he explained.
Karun Nair in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Karun Nair has scored 752 runs in 8 games at an average of 752 and a strike rate of 125.96. The right-hander has struck out 5 hundreds and 1 50 in seven innings so far in the tournament.
Nair is the highest run-scorer of the tournament so far. He also holds the record for most runs without dismissal in Class A cricket. His strong performances have kept him in good shape and he is expected to be selected in the Indian team for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Karun Nair has played 6 Test matches and 2 ODIs for India. He scored 374 runs in Tests at an average of 62.33 and claimed 1 triple century. In two ODIs, he scored 46 runs at an average of 23.
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