No conversation with management about lack of chances: Karun Nair

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The triple hundred of course brought you to the limelight, but has it also had a reverse effect on you, like a disadvantage because of the 300 being talked about over and over again, comparisons, etc?

 

 

I don't think it should be hurting me at all. Having said that, it's been two years already and I think it's time we moved on. The past is gone and we have to look ahead to what's ahead; I don't think it should be a disadvantage at all. For all, it can only be an advantage, people know what I can do now, I don't need to prove it to myself or to anyone that I can score runs at the international level because I have done it before. That kind of self-confidence I have, and I don't need to prove it to anyone. It's never going to be a disadvantage because once you get to the top level, it's all about working hard, getting better everyday, and making sure you grab your opportunities.

 

 

Remember reading that it (the triple hundred) bottled up for you somewhere, and it took a little bit of time to move away from that?

 

 

That I feel was taken in a negative way. I was talking about it in a positive way. I took time to understand the feat I had achieved, that was the meaning of what I was trying to put across; it wasn't that it put me under pressure or anything, the only thing that bottled up for me was not getting picked after that. I haven't got the kind of opportunities I should have got after that. That's the only thing that's bottled up.

 

 

How difficult was it to contend with the failings of the Australia series? You got starts, failed to convert those and now you have been out of the XI since...

 

 

I played four innings probably in the Australia series, and I think any batsman could get a start and get out in two innings and could have two failures. But to be out of the team after that and not get a chance after that is just unfortunate. I am not... obviously it is disappointing, all I can do is keep scoring at the domestic level or whichever opportunities I get and get back into the eleven... Whenever I get back into the eleven, I need to make sure those starts are converted. I cannot look at it in a negative way at all because that's not going to help me at all. All I can say is everyone gets starts and gets out at some point in their careers. For me, it's happened at that time and after that I haven't got opportunities. I cannot tell you how difficult it is going to be or how difficult it has been.

 

 

Do you feel hard done by because chances haven't really come by?

 

 

It's just the way it is. The team management and everyone else make their decisions and you as players have to respect it and move forward with that. Like I said, all I can do is let the bat do the talking, and I wouldn't like to say anything else on that.

 

 

What impact does a missed chance like today have on you? There are rumours that the team announcement for the Windies Tests is to be done today (at the time of the interview). However hard you try, somebody or the other does remind that the news will come out today. At the end of the day, you are a human and it would play on the mind, isn't it?

 

 

It does. Like you said, people do talk and it does play around. But as professional cricketers, we have to make sure that we have a job on our hand on the day and obviously, once the day is over, you can go back and reflect on what has happened. But during the game, we are solely focussed on what's happening in the middle and we are focussing on the job at hand. So all I was doing today was that only. It's just that I have to make sure... today I got a start again, I have to make sure I go on with it and not have these soft dismissals.

 

 

Back in school, we were told that there are always more students in the 80, 85 per cent category but not many go ahead to breach the 90 per cent mark. Do you relate to it as well that you are in the squad all the time but not in the eleven?

 

 

For me, it's not very difficult to motivate myself. I want to keep getting better everyday and that was the case whenever I was in the team - be it fitness, be it my batting or be it my fielding. All the time I was just trying to improve my skills. Obviously, I want to get an opportunity soon, I want to get a big score soon, I am very hungry for that and everyone knows that only two people (Indians) have got a triple hundred. I am one of them. I don't think I am in the 85 per cent category, I am already in the 90 per cent category. I don't have to prove it to anyone, only one batsman has got a triple hundred before me... all I want is to get out there and I am as hungry as ever to do it again.

 

 

The selection panel and the management pride a lot on having open communication channels. There must have been times when you must have been low or desperate or just keen to know, 'what should I do in my game to get into the eleven?'

 

 

No, we haven't had any conversations. Nothing at all.

 

 

Isn't it difficult? Because you would've wanted to know, right?

 

 

It is difficult, but I haven't gone forth and asked anything, but yeah, we haven't had any conversation.

 

 

Nothing from that side (selection panel and management) as well?

 

 

No.

 

 

You have been in the squad and then you see someone from outside come in and play ahead of you. How difficult was it psychologically to see the pecking order go upside down?

 

 

It is difficult, naturally for a human being, it's difficult to handle that situation, or to take that as a human being. But like I said before, the team management and everyone else involved make a decision, and me as a player has to accept it. There's nothing else I can do. Like I said before that whenever I get an opportunity, I will let the bat do the talking. I can't be saying anything else on that.

 

 

Who did Karun Nair fall back on during this phase?

 

 

Close ones are always there. It is the hardest time when you know who really your close ones are. I'd not like to take names but there a few close ones, obviously family is there.

 

 

You've been in the squad and not getting games. At a time like that when there are other A series games or domestic games on, but because you are in the squad, you can't go there and score runs...In a situation like that, what would a person who's itching to get on the field want to do - watch from the sidelines or go and score runs and make his case stronger? Did you have such feelings ever?

 

 

You work so hard to get to that stage (international), and I don't think anyone would want to leave that stage and come back again to a level below. Everyone who gets to the international stage, works so hard, gets so many runs at the domestic level, at the India A level, otherwise we can't reach the top. To think about going back again and coming in is hard, it's never easy to go back and come back again. It takes double the effort. Obviously I want to be playing games. Like I said, you still want to be at that stage, you want to be experiencing those moments, you want to be a part of that... playing for your country is all that you have dreamt of all your life. To have an experience like that is a big thing.

 

 

If there's an option of going and playing games, you can do that. But I meant it in a way, you want to be in those situations and you want to be playing there as well. If there's an opportunity where you can go and play matches, it's obviously a good thing, you can keep scoring runs and be in touch. To play matches is better to be in touch than playing at the nets.

 

 

You spoke about learning from the sidelines. What exactly did you work on during this period? Who's your go-to man and what are the discussions like?

 

 

I've been spending a lot of time with (Shanker) Basu Sir, our trainer and Sanjay Bangar sir as well, our batting coach. Obviously a lot of throwdowns and a lot of net sessions. But mainly I have been spending time with Basu Sir. According to him, I am the fittest person in the team right now. I am very proud of that and I just want to keep improving on that.

 

[kohli]

unfair with him

[Vilander]

unfair..but he is lost form recently. He should be given chances he has shown what he can do when he is confident.

[RAZPOR]

Even though I don't feel he should be in test x1 but He did let a few opportunities go...but you can't simply discard someone for the next tour after keeping them in squad for months...

This is the same reason we are having trouble with so many young players who are not able to get to the next level due to wrong policies of this stupid management.

 

[SK_IH]

Extremely discouraging for Nair.No communication regarding expulsion is even more disheartening.Looks like he has been given pariah treatment all along.

He should never have been dropped for Rahane post his 300 in the 1st place especially considering Rahane couldn't buy a run in that Eng series in 2016.

[Lannister]

Is this how you treat your upcoming players? The state of affairs with the current management is just pathetic. 

[Mosher]

This is very unfair. Same thing happened with Aaron. He was dropped after he got injured. No communication from the management after that. It would help the payers if the management is clear in their communication on what they are looking for in a player and where they are lacking, so that they can go back to domestic cricket and work on it.

[speedheat]

Sad, unfortunate and injustice on him, nothing demoralize you more than getting dropped from the side without having a fair run, Nair should have been selected in place of mentally fragile Ajinkya hahahane, rahane has done nothing rather than  a choke under pressure situation.

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Him for Jinx was ideal replacement as Jinx is a mentally fragile player

[rtmohanlal]

Karun deserves his chances  in itself. And to think that ,  that proven failure Pujara  is still getting chances after chances  after being utter mediocre in  all of SENA    despite   6 or 7 tours to these places shows the real double standards and incompetency of the team management. No wonder , we keep on losing series after series in SENA.

[rtmohanlal]

1 hour ago, Shaz1 said:

Should join the Pakistan team.

Pakistan team ....???????? then there would be pressure from all around firstly for conversion of his religion....

[Laaloo]

I don't think Karun nair is all that great but he's right. He has not been given fair chances where freeloaders like rahane have been getting extended run because they suck for 9 innings but have that one good inning with lots of luck and they keep occupying place. Our team is full of them. Rahane in tests and dhoni in LOIs.

Edited September 30, 2018 by Laaloo

[rtmohanlal]

15 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

I don't think Karun nair is all that great but he's right. He has not been given fair chances where freeloaders like rahane have been getting extended run because they suck for 9 innings but have that one good inning with lots of luck and they keep occupying place. Our team is full of them. Rahane in tests and dhoni in LOIs.

so you do not find any thing wrong with Pujara???? 6 or 7 series in SENA.  Not great(50+ AVG:)  in even any one of them... Even in lower ranked WI, he is mediocre.

[Moochad]

Management has to tell young and backup players what they should improve on. If they don't them you what to work on, how can you have the guidance? 

[Lannister]

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No communication with management in England, says Karun Nair

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24842831/no-communication-management-england-says-karun-nair

Now Cricinfo is rubbing it on BCCI selectors. 

[Laaloo]

1 hour ago, rtmohanlal said:

so you do not find any thing wrong with Pujara???? 6 or 7 series in SENA.  Not great(50+ AVG:)  in even any one of them... Even in lower ranked WI, he is mediocre.

I do . I've stated in the past. I have no issues if we move past rahane and pujara. 

[rtmohanlal]

14 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

I do . I've stated in the past. I have no issues if we move past rahane and pujara. 

if any , i would  back Rahane a lot in AUS, while I am all to drop Pujara at the earliest.This, because their records in SENA is chalk and cheese apart.

[Brainfade]

Mayank Agarwal's bat had a conversation with team mgmt yesterday. It just said 90 (111). 

 

Karun Nair's bat needs to do the same. 

 

I agree that he deserves an explanation and proper communication and respect from selection committee and team management, but selection itself? Not really.  The mistake was not that he didn't play in England. It was that he was in the entourage in the first place.

[Ankit_sharma03]

I elaborately spoke to Karun Nair post West Indies team selection, says MSK Prasad

 

"I personally spoke to Karun soon after the selection of the Test Team against the West Indies and also told the ways to make a comeback. The selection committee is very very clear with regard to the communication process," Prasad told PTI on Monday.

 

India's second ever triple centurion in Tests, Nair was picked in the original squad for the England series but once the team was changed for the last two Tests, it was Hanuma Vihari, who played and impressed everyone with a gutsy half-century and handy off-breaks.

It is widely believed that the Indian team management were not happy with Karun's inclusion in the Test set-up.

Nair, in a recent interview, went on record stating that neither the team management nor the selectors have communicated with him.

However, Prasad said Karun was clearly intimated as to why a certain decision was taken.

"Communication has always been the strong point of this committee. It's really tough to inform any unpleasant news to any player. You need to have valid reasons to explain them about their exclusion though they may not agree with it," the former India stumper said.

Prasad explained that his colleague Devang Gandhi had spoken to the burly middle-order batsman in England when he was not being picked in the playing XI.

"Having said that we are very clear and candid in our communication process . My colleague Devang Gandhi spoke to Karun Nair at length in England to keep him motivated and wait for his opportunities," Prasad said.

Asked what is the way forward for Karun, Prasad said: "He will have to keep on piling runs in Ranji Trophy and whatever India A series is there."

"Karun is very much in the scheme of things for Test cricket. Right now, we have advised him to focus on performing in domestic and India A matches.

 

Link -https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/011018/karun-nair-msk-prasad-india-cricket-team-vs-west-indies-test-series.html?utm_source=Daksham.com&utm_medium=Push&utm_campaign=push-notifications

[sarcastic]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

I elaborately spoke to Karun Nair post West Indies team selection, says MSK Prasad

 

"I personally spoke to Karun soon after the selection of the Test Team against the West Indies and also told the ways to make a comeback. The selection committee is very very clear with regard to the communication process," Prasad told PTI on Monday.

 

India's second ever triple centurion in Tests, Nair was picked in the original squad for the England series but once the team was changed for the last two Tests, it was Hanuma Vihari, who played and impressed everyone with a gutsy half-century and handy off-breaks.

It is widely believed that the Indian team management were not happy with Karun's inclusion in the Test set-up.

Nair, in a recent interview, went on record stating that neither the team management nor the selectors have communicated with him.

However, Prasad said Karun was clearly intimated as to why a certain decision was taken.

"Communication has always been the strong point of this committee. It's really tough to inform any unpleasant news to any player. You need to have valid reasons to explain them about their exclusion though they may not agree with it," the former India stumper said.

 Prasad explained that his colleague Devang Gandhi had spoken to the burly middle-order batsman in England when he was not being picked in the playing XI.

 "Having said that we are very clear and candid in our communication process . My colleague Devang Gandhi spoke to Karun Nair at length in England to keep him motivated and wait for his opportunities," Prasad said.

 Asked what is the way forward for Karun, Prasad said: "He will have to keep on piling runs in Ranji Trophy and whatever India A series is there."

 "Karun is very much in the scheme of things for Test cricket. Right now, we have advised him to focus on performing in domestic and India A matches.

 

Link -https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/011018/karun-nair-msk-prasad-india-cricket-team-vs-west-indies-test-series.html?utm_source=Daksham.com&utm_medium=Push&utm_campaign=push-notifications

TO be honest and fair to the selectors, Karun Nair is better off playing the Ranjis/domestics and accumulate HUGE number of runs rather than just sit in the dressing room forever and ever. He will be forced in to the team based on his performances alone. Warming the bench does not add any new credentials to his profile.