Indian batter Karun Nair has joined Northamptonshire until the end of the season, the county said in a release on Friday.
The 31-year-old India batter boasts an impressive record across all formats and will be availbale for Northamptonshires’ remaining three County Championship fixtures in place of Sam Whiteman who has returned to Australia.
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“I’m really looking forward to joining Northamptonshire and getting to play in the County Championship.” Nair said.
“You hear a lot about county cricket and I know Prithvi [Shaw] really enjoyed his time with the team so it’s exciting to have the opportunity to be involved too.”
“Hopefully I can make an impact for the team while I’m there, that’s the main thing for me. It’s about doing as much as I can to help the team get some wins in these last three games,” Nair added.
Before Nair, young opener Prithvi Shaw had signed up with the club for the One-day Cup and made headlines for smacking a record-breaking 244 off 153 balls against Somerset before his stint ended early due to a knee injury.
Nair has compiled just shy of 6,000 runs across 85 appearances in first-class cricket with an average of 48.94 and 15 centuries. He received a call up to the Indian test side in 2016 and turned his maiden international century into an unbeaten triple against England in Chennai.
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Head Coach John Sadler was delighted to sign a player of Nair’s calibre.
“It’s great that we’ve been able to secure Karun to come over for the remainder of the season, he’s really keen to get going.” Sadler said.
“He’s a high class batter who’s scored something like 11,000 runs in his career and his first class numbers are particularly special. He brings buckets of experience too which is so valuable to have around the dressing room, I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do for us in these three games,” he added.
Nair had recently announced he would be leaving Karnataka and playing for Vidarbha in the Indian domestic cricket season 2023-24.
Nair is already in the UK and will join the Northamptonshire squad ahead of their County Championship match against Warwickshire, which starts Sunday.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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