Karun Nair’s short international career has nothing been short of a roller-coaster ride. Ever since his triple hundred against England, he hasn’t done anything substantial, and that is why, has been out of the Indian team.
In a candid chat with Times of India, Nair admitted that the expectations got the better of him.
“I started expecting too much from myself. It took me a long time to realise I was being too hard on myself. It came to a point when I had to do something about it and the best thing I could do was to let go,” he said.
“I started playing cricket like I did when I was a schoolboy. I started enjoying middling the ball. I’m still working on it because it can’t change in a couple of months. Now, I’m not into numbers, or even if I don’t do well, I know there is another game coming up,” he says, “In the past year, I have seen the highest of highs and lowest of lows. Good that I have experienced all that in the early stages of my international career. Going forward, this one year will help me improve my game and get me stronger mentally. I’ve learnt unforgettable lessons.”
After being overlooked for the South Africa tour, Nair said,
“I’m disappointed that I didn’t make it to the 17 for the tour of South Africa. The past year, I’ve got a triple hundred and then a few hundreds on the domestic circuit. I thought I had some good knocks backing me. It took me the last couple of days to get over it. It did affect me in the last match, the quarterfinals against Mumbai.” “I was really unhappy about my mindset in that game. I shouldn’t have allowed my disappointment affect my game” he added.
