Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes Karun Nair might get drop if India loses the Lord’s Test against England. The visitors ended the fourth day’s play at 58-4 and they need another 135 runs to win.
Meanwhile, Nair scored 40 runs in the first innings and he was dismissed after scoring only 14 runs in the second essay. The right-hander decided to leave the incoming delivery against Brydon Carse and he was plumbed in front of the wickets.
Nair hasn’t been able to convert his starts in the ongoing series, which has been disappointing for him and the team. The 33-year-old has scored 131 runs in three Test matches against England in this series at an average of 21.83.
“If India win, I think he (Nair) will be fine. If India lose, I think his time will be up. That’s just the nature. If England lose tomorrow, there will be so many questions about two or three of the England players. I think for Karun Nair, he needs Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Jadeja to hold their nerve and get India over the line. If they lose, that leave will be analysed a lot more than we are analysing it now,” Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.
Vaughan believes it was a brain fade moment for Karun Nair before he opened up on Akash Deep’s time delay tactics.
“Karun Nair leaves a straight one, it must be (a brain fade). To think that he has left that delivery, which just cracked open the game. Akash Deep is the first ever player that has been hit on the inside of the thigh and needed tape. I’ve never seen a batter need tape,” Vaughan added.
On the other hand, former Indian wicket-keeper bat Dinesh Karthik feels Akash Deep was not ready to come out as a nightwatchman and thus he had to hurry to the pitch.
“I feel, Akash Deep was not ready. He was just probably chilling thinking ice bath time and then wickets fall, and then Rishabh Pant must be like, ‘I think it’s better if you go’. He was not ready, because as he was walking in, he was wearing his arm guard, he had his gloves in his hands, it was messy, sloppy, to say the least. He actualy did the job he was sent out for, which was to make sure he protected Rishabh Pant from batting,” Dinesh Karthik said.
England has set a target of 193 for India.
