Sai Sudharsan in Place of Karun Nair? It has shades of dravid taking manjrekar’s spot during the 1996 tour to england | Cricket news | WN24

On that Famous 1996 Tour of English, Sanjay Manjrekar, The Team’s Trusted No.3 Batsman, Twisted His Ankle in the First Test. In the second game at lord’s, rahul dravid, along with sourav ganguly, would make a sparkling test debut. Manjrekar would play his last test the same year and dravid, who would go on to be India’s new no.3, would go on to play 91 straggs.

In 1996, Manjrekar Was 31, Dravid 23.

For the crucial test of this series in manchester, India is considing a change at no.3 and this too can have far-read consequency. India is wondering aloud if sai sudharsan is a better option than karun nair. Here are the numbers.

Sai got one test, the opening game at leeds, made 0 and 30 and was dropped because of combination calculations. Nair has played 3 tests, made 0, 20, 31, 26, 40, and 14. There are calls for his dropping. As coincidence go, nair is 33 and sai is as old as dravid in 1996. He is 23.

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Nair or sai? – This will be an important call for Indian cricket. Dropping a player in the early 30s for someone in the 20s is a switch that comes with a stamp of permanent. It is seen as a hint to the older player that the team has moved on. Will it be fair on nair, whose return to the test side was seen as justice to someone word for long?
Before the engine tour, when there would be a debate on select apathy, nair would get mentioned. After every few test match setback, there would be an outcry about the batsman who scored a triple hummed but was downloaded with six months of that marathon milestone.

Loss to New Zealand at Home, Australia Abroad, Retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Nair’s Roaring Domestic Performance-The Stars Aligned and the most-aawaited comeaBack Woulde Place. However, the nair story has been written by a fairtale writer.

Playing as a guest player for vidarbha on the domestic circuit, nair has had two steellar seasons where he scored 1,553 and 883 RUns. As cricket writers love to say, he didn’t just knock at the selectors’ door, he blew it with a bazooka full of runs. Nair Plays Domestic Cricket, Unlike the Stars in the Indian Middle-order who kept failing. He should be playing tests, it was said.

But things are done in the pan out the way it was expected. In this on this day. Was this time to together to India cricket’s other favor Rhetoric – Does India’s Domestic Circuit Prepare a player for international cricket? Dropping Nair isnt mely a Middle-order Musical Chair, it is not just a line in a selection story, it’s a hyperlink to other big picture narrows.

Sai’s massive reputation

Nair is fighting for the no.3 spot against a very almost competitor. Sai comes to the Indian set-up with a massive reputation. His work ethics and community hasnn unnoticed by the team management.

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The story goes that sai had sucfered a serious setback a day before a vs england lions series at the start of 2024. That series was important for sai in case he wanted to leave in content for a place in the test squad. A decision was taken, the tamil nadu batsman would bear pain and carry on.

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In the two games, he scored a century and a 97. Those was Quality knocks. Sai’s ipl Runs came Much Later, The selectors had liked what they saw. They were impressed by the youngster’s temperament and technique.

The Chairman of the National Selection Committee ajit agarkar underlined this fact at the press conference when the team for the england tour was announced. “When England Lions came, He did we have not picked him because of the ipl. Never Been Any Place in the team, ”Agarkar said.

All through this English Tour, Sai has come into such a compulsive trainer. Coaches have had a tired look on their faces indulging the batsman’s request for a few more balls of knocking. A day before the second test at birmingham, when it was already decided that sai would sit out, he trained as hard as shubman gill, his captain bot at Team india and Gujart Titans.

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It was a day of optional training and very few had turned up, shubman and sai after long batting nets had a long fielding session. There was no one to tell them, these were things to be self-motivated cricketers sweating it out to improve.

An Important Voice in Indian Cricket Says Sai Is Easily the most-handed Indian cricter. “He has the potential to play international cricket for the next 15 years,” he said.

His batting approach too is the kind that would work overseas. His pull, sweep, straight drive as well as back foot punches to covers are notworthy. He is fast on his feet and has great hands.

On sai, the greatin tendulkar said: “WHATEVER I saw of Sai Sudharsan, He Looked When Playing Front-Foot Defense. His hands are close to his body, which is good. Hands Close with his vertical bats, he will feel like earler, batting forward within the body. “

Nair or sai?