Karun Nair has officially returned to the Indian Test team after an eight-year hiatus as the squad for the upcoming England tour was announced on Saturday (May 24). In a high-stakes meeting held to decide the new Test captain and squad for the England tour, Nair was one of few standout performers in the domestic circuit to make the Indian squad. Sai Sudharsan has also been included in the 15-man squad with Shubman Gill appointed as the captain in the red-ball format.
Nair rewarded for excellent domestic show
Nair was in great form during the Indian domestic season in 2024 and paved his way back into the conversation for a place in the national team. There were muted conversations for Nair to be included in the Indian team for the Champions Trophy after he scored 779 runs in seven innings that included five hundreds. This was also the most hundreds scored by any player in a single season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Nair has not played for the senior side in the last eight years, with his last match coming in March 2017 against Australia. He remains one of only two Indian batters to score a triple hundred in Test matches, alongside Virender Sehwag.
Sai Sudharsan on the flip side has also been in great form in both domestic cricket and the IPL 2025. He was one of the consistent performers for Tamil Nadu and the South Zone before exploding onto the scene with Gujarat Titans. At the time of writing, Sudharsan has 638 runs in 13 matches with a best of unbeaten 108. He is one of the favourites to win the Orange Cap, facing competition from Shubman Gill and others.
In the bowling department, Mohammed Shami’s much-awaited return to Test format won’t take place any time soon. He was dropped in favour of Arshdeep Singh who has been included in the Test side for the first time. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who toured Australia has also kept his place in the side and will hope for some game time.
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India's squad for England tour
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk) (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
