I elaborately spoke to Karun on West Indies team selection: Prasad

TIL Desk Sports/ Dropped without getting a game in England, Karun Nair’s exclusion from the home Tests against West Indies has baffled quite a few but chairman of selectors MSK Prasad Monday said the player himself has been explained the reasons.

“I personally spoke to Karun soon after the selection of the Test Team against the West Indies and also told the ways to make a comeback. The selection committee is very very clear with regard to the communication process,” Prasad told.

India’s second ever triple centurion in Tests, Nair was picked in the original squad for the England series but once the team was changed for the last two Tests, it was Hanuma Vihari, who played and impressed everyone with a gutsy half-century and handy off-breaks.

It is widely believed that the Indian team management were not happy with Karun’s inclusion in the Test set-up. Nair, in a recent interview, went on record stating that neither the team management nor the selectors have communicated with him.  However, Prasad said Karun was clearly intimated as to why a certain decision was taken.