Team India recently released the squad for Champions Trophy 2025 and despite the fact Karun Nair scored 779 runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy and was the top-run scorer he still wasn’t picked in India’s squad. Even when the chief of selection committee was asked to answer the question about Karun Nair not being picked in India’s squad.
In Vijay Hazare Trophy, Nair accumulated a total of 779 runs at an average of 389.50 in the event, he remained unbeaten in 8 out of 9 innings he played.
“Obviously, the possibility of an India comeback has to be on your mind. If you want to play for the country, you have to keep dreaming. There are these thoughts and dreams in the head but that’s just motivation,” Nair told in conversation with Hindustan Times
Karun Nair last represented India in 2017 and he is the best known for his triple century in Tests. This made him the second Indian after Virender Sehwag to achieve this incredible feat.
In Tests, he has played 6 Tests and scored 374 runs and in ODIs he has played 2 matches and scored 46 runs.
India’s Champions Trophy Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant