Following his fourth consecutive century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Karun Nair is on selectors' radar in light of India's Kohli-Rohit dilemma.

In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Karun Nair amassed 664 runs without getting out.

Karun Nair sent a heartfelt cosmic appeal into the emptiness via Twitter over 13 months ago. In December 2022, the post said, "Dear cricket, give me one more chance," and included a fingers-crossed emoji. The reason why the Indian batsman was benched and then not called up after achieving a remarkable triple century against England in 2016 is still a mystery. And he made that tweet when Nair was gradually losing his reputation, with his state team, Karnataka, having moved away from him. After a while, Nair found a solution, but it was followed by another time of doubt and emptiness.

The most intriguing thing about his current List A run is that, despite scoring five hundreds in this Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign, he has not yet been removed. 112*, 44*, 163*, 111*, 112*, and 122* are his scores. As of right now, it is the most runs a batter has ever scored in List A cricket without getting out. In addition, Nair is the third batter in List A cricket to register four straight hundreds and only the second batter after Jagadeesan of Tamil Nadu to score five hundreds in a single tournament.

"As India enter a transitional phase, with seniors Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struggling in Tests, Karun happens to be a player that the selectors are watching with keen interest," according to the newspaper. It is unclear, though, if the Ajit Agarkar-led committee will keep the right-hander in mind for the June Test tour of England or consider him for the Champions Trophy.

It was six-seven months during which I did not play cricket.
Under the close supervision of coach Vijay Madyalkar, Nair spent the majority of his days at Just Cricket Academy in Bengaluru after that tweet in 2022, concentrating only on long batting sessions. "I just traveled three hours a day to have a net session during the six-seven months when I didn't play any cricket. There was nothing more I could do. I was quite emotional at the moment, and I wasn't given any consideration for any format. I needed to change and improve myself. Moving on wasn't simple; I needed a few months to recover before I could begin honing my abilities and attitude. I would reply that I was simply getting ready so that when I had another chance,.

However, he was still without a team, so he turned to Abey Kuruvilla, the current BCCI general manager and a former India international.

He served as my selector when I was a U-19 player, so I felt free to approach him and ask for help finding a team to play with. That's how I came to live in Vidarbha. I sincerely appreciate him and the Vidarbha association since I was only searching for a chance and wanted to seize it when it presented itself," Nair continued.

Nair scored 690 runs in the 2023–24 Ranji Trophy season after having a strong debut County season for Northamptonshire in 2023. Following a century in the Ranji Trophy during the 2024–2025 season, he returned to County with a double century, but his performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy caught everyone's attention.

"Everyone, like myself, aspires to play for their nation. Nair continued, "I know I have to keep doing my job repeatedly if I want to play Test matches again.