After the magnificent entrance of Karun Nair to IPL 2025 with 40 balls 89 against the Best Mumbai Indians attack, the old tweet on 10 December 2022 received more traction on social media. “Dear Cricket, Give me another chance, Nair wrote Nair passing his fingers.
This tweet was not just an empty hope expressed by a player whose best days were behind him. It was the announcement of a player ready to have the second opportunity.
Nair has returned to public consciousness with a tremendous 2024-25 season for Vidarbha, and with the first match with Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, the white ball was resulted in a steady increase in the last two plus years.
Look at their statistics until the end of 2022 and then since January 1, 2023.
Karun Nair – Before and after Tweet
| Matches | Running | Average | Strike ratio | |
| A list until A December 2022 | 90 | 2119 | 30.71 | 80.39 |
| A list A from January 2023 | 17 | 1009 | 144.14 | 116.11 |
| T20s Until December 2022 | 150 | 2989 | 25.12 | 131.15 |
| T20s from January 2023 | 14 | 562 | 43.23 | 171.87 |
As of 2023, you can see the sharp jump in white ball statistics. Until December 2022, Nair was a good but not great, but a limited player. From 2023 onwards, it was definitely to the distinguished category. Even if he wanted Cricket a second chance, he put it to work to achieve this second chance.
Jasprit Bumrah’s removal
Perhaps he didn’t explain how long Nair was prepared, undoubtedly because of the breathtaking attack on the world cricket’s best bowling player Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah, not in the best way, may have only two matches for the return, but it is very difficult for players who hit even a less version of Bumrah for ordinary balls. Nair was playing his first match in the tournament and was sitting on the bench for the first four matches of DC’s IPL 2025.
He expressed his first ball from Bumrah from the inside of four, and then he never stopped. Two six, three four and a total of 26 running rained on nine cannons from Bumrah. There are days when the teams could not get 26 of Bumrah’s quota – Nair did this with nine balls.
Nair, “frankly I was trusting myself. I was playing, I was in the flow and I didn’t want to stop the flow,” he explained. “It was about choosing the right balls and playing in the areas I wanted to play.
Delhi Capitals’ high -level problem solving
The DC had entered into a major position by Nair’s Blitz, but in an exciting match, they ended less than 5 of MI’s 205. Nair had the most effective performance in the game, but it was shaking the shoulder, but “how much we perform, if the team does not win, it does not have any value”.
However, the way Nair seized Bumrah, Boult, Chahar, Hardik and Santner showed that at least it would not be wise to keep him on the bench anymore. Jake Fraser-McGurk has Torrid IPL, while the faf du Plessis is fighting injuries. Nair showed that he was ready to challenge a ready -made bat and challenge that could fit into the start XI.
“I had confidence that I played before, and I know how this would be, Nair said Nair three years later to play an IPL game. He also hit suggestions that he made radical changes or improvements in his game.
“I don’t think my strike rate was low at all. It was always high, but yes, now I can admit it is a little higher,” he said. “I have a good shot in the last two seasons. I haven’t changed anything. But I worked hard to play and play the filming that I want to play openly.”
Perhaps it is true that Nair has made a harsh change. All of the shots he hit can be part of a coaching instructor. Perhaps, as he said, it is about running better.
Regardless of the secret of Nair’s resurrection, he showed that it was not limited to the domestic jack. IPL can also buy and win the best. He might have asked Crick a second chance, but he manifests it.
