Karun Nair is leaving Vidarbha to rejoin Karnataka. He played for Karnataka earlier and is coming back after three seasons, after two seasons with Vidarbha.
Nair had some good times with Vidarbha. His domestic cricket was solid and he was a big part of their Ranji Trophy win for the third time. In Ranji Trophy he scored 863 runs in 16 innings, averaging 53.93 with 4 centuries. He was so good that the selection committee considered him for the Test team after more than 8 years.
He also did well in Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 779 runs in 8 innings. And he had some great games for Delhi Capitals in IPL in 2025.
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But when it came to the 5 match Test series against England, Nair couldn’t keep up the same level of performance. He started well with a 204 in a match against England Lions in Canterbury. But when the main series started, he couldn’t sustain it. He scored 205 runs in 8 innings, averaging 25.62.
Cricbuzz reports that Ravikumar Samarth will play for Central Zone team in the next domestic season. Samarth is 32 years old, born in Mysore on January 22, 1993. He used to play domestic cricket for Karnataka before joining Team Uttarakhand last season.
Now Samarth will join Vidarbha, essentially replacing Karun Nair. Along with Samarth, Dhruv Shorey will also continue to play for Vidarbha as the second professional player.
Samarth told Cricbuzz on Wednesday, I have got the NOC from Uttarakhand and waiting for the final formalities with Vidarbha.
So far Ravikumar Samarth has played 95 First-class matches, scoring 6157 runs with an average of 39.72.
Recently Karun Nair spoke with RevSportz about India’s fielding problems during the England tour and how well he fielded.
Nair said, England is a tough place to catch. When both teams are dropping catches, clearly there are reasons for it. Getting a good sight of the ball was tough and getting your hands in the right spot to catch made the difference.A split second delay can change everything. In practice we tried to recreate those situations and backgrounds where the ball is hard to see and worked on how to react when you can’t see the ball well. I have always focused on my catching and being in the slips for most of my career it has become natural.
