Karun Nair

Karun Nair is a batting all rounder who has made his way up the ranks of the domestic set up. He began with age group cricket for Karnataka right from Under 15 tournaments and worked his way up to being a part of India’s U-19 squad. A right arm off spinner, he top scored with 21 and took 4/13 to help his team Mangalore United beat Bangalore Provident (Rural) in the 2010 Karnataka Premier League final and lift the trophy.

2012 has seen Nair piling up runs in club and List A cricket. He led Karnataka in the Buchi Babu Trophy, Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament, Col CK Nayudu U-25 Trophy and other tournaments.

He was especially impressive in the team’s successful South Zone Inter State U-22 Tournament campaign, leading from the front with an impressive 371 runs in 5 matches with two fifties and two hundreds at an average of 92.75, and taking 6 wickets at an average of 20.33. Karnataka Under 22 went undefeated in the tournament, winning it with a 5 point lead over the next best team, Tamil Nadu.

With a successful run in domestic cricket over the last year, Nair has promised a lot and is a player to watch out for at IPL 6.