Karun Nair Fails On Return After Eight Years; Gets Out For Duck Vs England - WATCH
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India are currently taking on England in the first Test of the five-match series at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. India have a new look batting order, with the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. One of new batters who came into the lineup was Karun Nair. who returned to the India playing XI after a gap of 8 years. He came into this game on the back of some good form in the warm-up matches, especially in the first unofficial test between India A and England Lions, where he slammed a double century. However, he fell pretty short of expectations on his much-awaited return.
Karun Nair came out to bat at no.6 after Shubman Gill had departed post scoring a brilliant hundred. However, his innings lasted only four balls. He tried to drive a ball past the covers off Ben Stokes. However, the ball was in the air, as Ollie Pope took a blinder of a catch, that too with one hand.
Karun Nair's return thus ended with a four-ball duck.
The other new batter in the libeup, Sai Sudharsan, who made his Test debut, also failed to score, as he too got out for a four-ball duck walking in to bat at no.3.
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England won the toss and elected to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, who opened the batting had a brilliant stand of 91 runs. Rahul was the first wicket to fall after scoring 42 runs by Brydon Carse. Just a few balls later, Sai Sudharsan, the new batter at no.3 was dismissed for a duck, as he had a debut to forget.
After lunch, Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill continued India's onslaught. The duo went on to slam a century partnership. Jaiswal went on to score a century in his first innings on English soil. He was dismissed for 101. After that Rishabh Pant and Gill continued to score the runs with a double century stand, with Gill going on to be dismissed after hitting 147. Pant too slammed a century, as he scored 130.
After that, the Indian batters fell like a pack of cards, as they were all for 417.
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