Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan has said that while Karun Nair played well for his 62-ball 40 in India’s first innings at the Lord’s, such scores ‘don’t pay your mortgage’, or rather doesn’t guarantee one a place in the playing XI for the next match and hence Nair needs to convert his scores to big ones.
Promoted to No. 3 as part of the Indian team’s bold changes after the seven-wicket defeat in Leeds, Nair has gotten starts in almost all of his knocks.
Nair had to come into bat in the second over itself after Yashasvi Jaiswal departed for an eight-ball 13 and was up against a fiery Jofra Archer from the very start.
“I thought he (Nair) played nicely, but we all know that in cricket, a 30 or a 40 does not pay your mortgage. It does not pay everything off; you need to get that 40 into an 80, the 80s into 150s, the 150s into double centuries," Vaughan said while speaking on Cricbuzz.
“He will be disappointed because he played well and it was a great catch. I would hope that India stick by him, at least another couple of games, just to give him a run at No.3," Vaughan added.
Nair’s runs came at a good rate in the first innings, which kept the scoreboard ticking and the English bowlers at bay.
At stumps, India were for 145/3, having lost the in-form captain Shubman Gill (16 off 44 ), Jaiswal (13 off eight) and Nair (40 off 62), who looked good for his first 40+ score in three matches.
A sellout crowd got to witness special spells of pace bowling from ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah and Archer, who is playing in his first Test since February 2021.
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First, it was Bumrah before Archer made a roaring return to the traditional format with the wicket of Jaiswal in his very first over, getting the attention of every single soul at the ground.
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