[9/7, 16:54] Non-Existent: Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the Indian team management for not including Karun Nair in the playing XI for the fifth and final Test against England at the Oval. Nair, who was part of the original squad named for the series, hasn’t played in any of the Tests. Instead, Hanuma Vihari, who was only included in the squad for the final two Tests, was given a debut.
“He is not your favourite player. The selectors seem to have brought him. Don’t think the team management likes him,” Gavaskar said in a pre-match show televised by Sony Six.
“Karun Nair has every right to ask the team management why he is not in the team. He deserves an answer. You didn’t pick an extra specialist batsman earlier, but now that you have, Karun Nair deserves an answer.”
