Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, star batsman Karun Nair returned after 1077 days. He landed as an impact player against Mumbai Indians (Mi) on behalf of Delhi Capitals (DC). Nair, who came to bat due to the injury of Faf du Plessis, made a strong comeback and hit a half -century in just 22 balls. Delhi had a target of 206 runs. However, Jake Fraser McGark was out on the very first ball. After this, Karun came to bat at number 3 as an impact player.

This was his first match in IPL 2025, but he did not take pressure at all. He played open shots against Mumbai Indians fast bowlers – Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Jaspreet Bumrah and Trent Bolt. Inside the powerplay, he only scored 26 runs off Bumrah’s 9 balls. This is the second biggest score made by any Indian batsman against Bumrah. Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan scored 27 runs in 16 balls against Jaspreet.

Karun Nair completed his half -century in just 22 balls in the sixth over of the innings. This was the 11th half -century of his IPL career, which came after 7 years. Earlier in 2018, he scored a half -century against Kings XI Punjab against Delhi Daredevils.

Nair, batting at a strike rate of 222.50 in this match, scored 89 runs in 40 balls. During this, he hit 12 fours and 5 sixes with his bat.

Great performance in domestic cricket

Karun Nair performed brilliantly for Vidarbha in the domestic season of 2024/25. After this, Delhi Capitals bought him for Rs 50 lakh in a mega auction of 2025.

Nair scored 255 runs in 6 innings at a strike rate of 177 in 6 innings in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Apart from this, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored 542 runs without being dismissed in 5 innings. He was also strong in the Ranji Trophy and scored 863 runs in 16 innings. Vidarbha’s team won the Ranji Trophy title for the third time this season.

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