Karun Nair back in the hunt after 8-year exile

RESURGENT BATTER SET FOR ENGLAND TOUR AFTER STELLAR SHOW

- BY A.K.S. SATISH Sports Editor

For Karun Nair, the wait has felt longer than it should have. A decade after a historic triple hundred put him on top of the world, the Indian batter is finally getting a second chance.

Eight years since his last outing in the India jersey, Nair has been named in the India A squad for the upcoming tour of England - another shot at redemption, and perhaps a foot back in the Test dressing room.

Nair's return is as unexpected as it is deserved. Once heralded as India's next middle-order mainstay, the 33-year-old was lost in the shuffle despite scoring an unbeaten 303 in just his third Test in 2016. But after years in the domestic grind, his name is back on the team sheet and again, it's England in the opposition dugout.

New door opens in England