The Realist Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 Worth having a post dedicated to cataloguing the (mis)fortunes of Karun Nair. Appears to have limited talent and few batting skills yet keeps on getting picked up by IPL teams and then playing ahead of better players. Has he ever scored any big runs in the IPL? And why does Uncle David keep on backing his selection? Zelig and maniac 2
Tibarn Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 Uncle David backed Sanju Samson for years, despite him not scoring anything significant for the Royals. Now Nair will get the same backing. We'll see if Sanju's century was a fluke and if Nair's triple was a fluke soon enough.
Pollack Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 18 minutes ago, Tibarn said: Uncle David backed Sanju Samson for years, despite him not scoring anything significant for the Royals. Now Nair will get the same backing. We'll see if Sanju's century was a fluke and if Nair's triple was a fluke soon enough. Samson will do good throughout this IPL. He is a touch and confidence player. If he is in good touch he would look very very good.If he is not he would look a headless chicken. He has decent range of shots, technique, elegance and temperament to succeed but the above statement will always remain true for him. maniac 1
Tibarn Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, Pollack said: Samson will do good throughout this IPL. He is a touch and confidence player. If he is in good touch he would look very very good.If he is not he would look a headless chicken. He has decent range of shots, technique, elegance and temperament to succeed but the above statement will always remain true for him. Yeah, hopefully he does well. Since he first started playing for the Royals regularly, everyone raved about his talent. This season could be his stepping stone to push for national selection in T20s.
BCCI Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 The problem is all these guys Iyer,Nair & Samson have been mostly successful in IPL batting in top 3 batting slots & any lower they find it hard to make an impact in this format.And in process the man who deserves to play maximum balls is languishing at 5.This in gist is & will be double DD's problem throughout the season. Ultimate_Game 1
The Realist Posted April 28, 2017 Author Posted April 28, 2017 15 off 17 balls today. Promoted to open by Coach Dravid. asterix 1
sandeep Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 1 hour ago, The Realist said: 15 off 17 balls today. Promoted to open by Coach Dravid. Played a few nice shots. Not a bad player. But is nowhere near his best. And IPL T20 is a cruel spotlight to be under when you're not.
Cricketics Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 They are mixing Test and ODI. Don't know what is the use of Nair in this DD side. A top t20 player Billings is dropped so that we can play extra bowler and can have Nair bat on top. Absolute crap by DD. Ultimate_Game 1
Cricketics Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 4:08 AM, BCCI said: The problem is all these guys Iyer,Nair & Samson have been mostly successful in IPL Nair was successfull? when?
Ultimate_Game Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Cricketics said: Nair was successfull? when? Maybe OP was referring to that epic 300 which we will never hear the end of
BCCI Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Cricketics said: Nair was successfull? when? he did decently for Royals as opener IIRC Edited April 29, 2017 by BCCI
chewy Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 15 hours ago, Cricketics said: They are mixing Test and ODI. Don't know what is the use of Nair in this DD side. A top t20 player Billings is dropped so that we can play extra bowler and can have Nair bat on top. Absolute crap by DD. I know you are going to be irritated as I bring this up again, but it still comes down to dropping Nadeem. DD need to drop one of Rabada or Cummins, have Billings and bring in Nadeem (who has been DD's best T20 bowler). Ultimate_Game 1
beetle Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 15 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: In Dravid's opinion Nair >> Billings Billings is not available. Dravid is not responsible for everything.... Ultimate_Game 1
Ultimate_Game Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Kaptaan Nair and coach Dravid What a deadly combo!
flamy Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Quote Nair has made his highest score of the season and also his highest in any format since his triple ton. Laaloo and Sidhoni 2
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