Eyes On Nair Ahead Of Manchester Test

The five-match Test series in England was supposed to be a platform for Karun Nair to announce his return to the format that he once took by storm with his unbeaten triple century only in his third match.

- FIROZ MIRZA @ Manchester

Back in the India Tests set up after a long hiatus of eight years, the 33-year-old batter has accumulated runs in heaps in domestic cricket during his time away from the national team, which eventually forced the selectors to include him in the squad. The below-par returns in six innings of three Tests, however, has brought his place in the playing XI under scanner with several former cricketers wanting him to be replaced by Tamil Nadu's promising left-hand batter B Sai Sudharsan, who played the opening Test along Nair scoring a duck and 30 in the two innings.