KL Rahul of the Lucknow Super Giants will be replaced by Karun Nair following injury, here is all you need to know about the cricketer and his IPL 2023 price
For the remaining IPL 2023 games, the Lucknow Super Giants have chosen Karun Nair to take KL Rahul’s position.
Rahul, the LSG captain, hurt his thigh while competing in the match on May 1 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Later, he was disqualified from the IPL as well as India’s World Test Championship championship game against Australia in early June.
Cricketer Karun Nair, biography, age, wife, IPL 2023 price and salary, team, batting stats
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Rahul tore a tendon in his right thigh while pursuing a ball in the second over of their match against RCB.
He required assistance leaving the pitch at that point, and he didn’t return until 127 was involved in a difficult pursuit.
He went to bat at No. 11 in an effort to score the game. Since he was unable to run between the wickets, No. 9 Amit Mishra had to bowl the final over. LSG finally lost by a score of 18 runs.
In the Indian Premier League, Indian cricketer Karun Nair played for the Rajasthan franchise. He joins the Lucknow Super Giants for Rs. 50 lakh.
Who is Karun Nair?
Karun Nair was born on December 6, 1991, and as of 2023, he will be 32 years old.
Karun Nair career and debuts, runs and more
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Nair, a right-handed batsman, is a native of Jodhpur, in Rajasthan. He made his IPL debut in 2013.
Karun Nair has played in 76 IPL games thus far, scoring 1496 runs at a 23.75 average.
He has scored 10 half-centuries in addition to having an IPL career high of 83 runs. Nair has smashed 161 fours and 39 sixes during his IPL career.
The Rajasthan franchise paid Rs 1.40 Cr. for Karun Nair’s services during the IPL Auction 2022.
On May 20, 2022, he played his final IPL match against Kolkata in Mumbai, India, scoring 13 runs off of 13 balls.
For a very long time, Nair and Rahul collaborated on the Karnataka side of the domestic circuit in India.
He participated in India’s debut away ODI against Zimbabwe in 2016. He participated in his debut Test match against England in 2016.
Karun Nair family, wife, children
On June 29, 2019, he announced on social media that he was engaged to longtime partner and media professional Sanaya Tankariwala.
The couple wed in a quiet ceremony in Udaipur, Rajasthan, on January 19, 2020.
Their kid Kayaan Nair was born in January 2022.