Karun Nair hit a half-century after 7 years in IPL, beating Bumrah fiercely: watch video

Indian player Karun Nair returned to the IPL on Sunday, 13 April 2025 after three years. He got a place in the team of Delhi Capitals in place of injured Faf du Plessis in the match against Mumbai Indians and has knocked on the door of Team India. Karun Nair scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket in Ranji Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy and continued the same form in IPL.

Delhi, chasing a target of 206 runs, lost the wicket of Jack Fraser-Macagark on a score of zero. After this, Karun Nair landed as an impact player and in collaboration with Abhishek Porel, he shared a 119 -run partnership for the second wicket. Nair beat up world cricket number-1 bowler Jasprit Bumrah during his innings against Mumbai, he hit 26 runs off Bumrah’s 9 balls.

Karun Nair hit half -century in 22 balls

From the beginning of the innings in the match against Mumbai Indians, Karun Nair started showing his deadly batting. He scored 18 runs with two sixes and a four in the 6th over by Jasprit Bumrah. He also completed his half -century in 22 balls with two runs off the last ball of this over. Let me tell you, Karun Nair put a fifty in the IPL after seven years.

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Nair missed a century

Karun Nair was dismissed against Mitchell Santner in the 12th of the innings and missed a century in return. He played a brilliant innings of 89 runs in 40 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes, batting at a strike rate of 222.50. If Nair had scored a century today, it would have been his first century in the IPL.