Discarded Indian batsman Karun Nair posts emotional message, says "please give me one more chance"
Nair is only second Indian batsman with Test triple century and plays for K'taka in domestic cricket
Bengaluru: Indian cricketer and the country’s only second triple centurion in Test cricket, Karun Nair on Saturday posted an emotional tweet after not finding himself a place in the Karnataka’s squad for first two matches of Ranji Trophy.
Karun Nair was once touted to be the future star of the Indian dressing room after he became only the second Indian batsman after Virender Sehwag to score a triple hundred in a Test inning in December 2016 against the mighty England at Chennai.
A couple of failures that followed, meant his exit from the Indian team after which the star batsman soon faded away from the scene.
While he opened up later on not being given any clarification by the team management on why he never got a chance to play for India again, Nair continued to be an integral part of the Karnataka team in domestic cricket.
But of late, his stocks have plummeted in domestic cricket as well and after not finding a place in the state's squads for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy, he was on Saturday overlooked for the season's first two Ranji Trophy matches as well.
Nair on Saturday took to his Twitter handle and posted an emotional message. He wrote “Dear cricket, give me one more chance.” With an emoji of crossed fingers.
The tweet has gone viral with several cricket followers and fans writing inspirational messages for the cricketer.
Dear cricket, give me one more chance.🤞🏽
— Karun Nair (@karun126) December 10, 2022
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
