Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter turned commentator Deep Dasgupta believes Karun Nair might struggle to find a place in the Test team again after the five-match England series. However, he returned to the Indian side after eight years after having a stellar domestic performance across formats. However, Nair struggled to do well in the England series, finishing with only 205 runs in four games at an average of 25.62 as well.

Talking about Nair, Dasgupta told TOI: “His feet don’t move enough to be successful at No. 3. In that case, the options become limited and when it’s a choice for Nos. 6 or 7, there are too many options. It’s not just Shreyas and Sarfaraz. Even Axar Patel or Nitish Reddy can come into the picture depending on the nature of the pitches India are playing on. We have a core in place and the team should now be built with an eye on the difficult away series in future.”

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Meanwhile, former Indian batter Devang Gandhi also said Karun Nair’s front foot being in the air even when the bowler is releasing the ball is a massive flaw in his technique.

“At the point of release of the ball from the bowler’s hand, Karun’s front foot is still in the air. That makes him vulnerable against the short ball, as we found out in this series. There’s no doubt he has scored some tough runs, but it has to be taken into account that he couldn’t convert the starts that he got,” said Gandhi.