14-06-2025
EXCLUSIVE Inside Karun Nair's remarkable comeback: India star was exiled to the wilderness with 'no explanation' and broke down in tears on his wife's birthday... here's how the veteran turned it around to win a Test lifeline
We are in the courtyard of the Taj Hotel in central London - the same place that for the last seven years Karun Nair associated with the end of his international career.
Nair, now 33, was part of the India squad for the Test series against England in 2018. He was reduced to carrying drinks for the first four Tests but with England 3-1 up going into the dead rubber at The Oval, felt he would get his chance. It was during the meeting inside this hotel before the fifth Test that Nair discovered he wasn't playing when the team was put on the big screen. The selectors opted for Hanuma Vihari, who was only called into the squad before the fourth Test. To this day, Nair admits that no one explained why he was snubbed.
