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Karun Nair

India · Karnataka · Delhi Capitals · Karnataka · Mangaluru Dragons

Karun Nair

34India

  • Right-handed ultra-aggressive top-order batter
  • Right-arm off-spin bowler

T20 record

Batting

MatInnsRunsBallsAvgSRHS50s4s6sDot %
T201841704,3173,02228.00142.91243044516134.4
SMAT65601,5781,08930.30144.9111111486531.8
IPL86781,7121,30423.50131.389111884938.4
Last 10101033721333.70158.2653331630.0

Bowling

InnsBallsRunsWktsEconAvgSRDot %
T209909526.3347.5045.028.9
SMAT6484325.3821.5024.035.4

Batting style

Ultra-aggressive top-order batter

  • PowerplayOvers 1–6

    Strike rate163Par 138
    Balls per dismissal18Par 21

  • Middle oversOvers 7–15

    Strike rate157Par 130
    Balls per dismissal28Par 21

  • DeathOvers 16–20

    Strike rate–
    Balls per dismissal–
FigurePlayerParAgainst par
Average36.426.9
Strike rate167136
Boundary %25.918.3
Dot %30.837.1
Sixes, % of boundaries3135
Strike rate v pace163138
Strike rate v spin158129
Strike rate, first 10 balls150127

741 balls in T20s · Nov 2023 – Jul 2026

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Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Death (overs 16–20), battingSR 189 (field 156 across IPL, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Maharaja Trophy)
  • Scoring rateSR 143 (field 128 across IPL, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Maharaja Trophy)
  • Powerplay, battingSR 139 (field 125 across IPL, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Maharaja Trophy)

By phase

Balls facedSROutBalls bowledEconWkts
Powerplay1,104139.25565.000
Middle overs1,586135.767726.172
Death (overs 16–20)332189.232128.000

Men's T20

Overall rank
135th
all T20 batters
Runs a match
+1.9
above an average player

Men's T20 batting, runs a match

AveragePeak +3.4
April 2025Now +1.9
20142017202020232026
Last 2 yearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsBowl avgEcon
T202980428.7158.9–––

Teams

Leagues

YearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsEcon
IPL2013–2026861,71223.50131.3––
SMAT2016–2025651,57830.30144.925.38
Maharaja Trophy2022–2026331,02735.40163.307.43

T20 streaks

Last 10CareerNowBest
30+ score6/1032%14561061434801165241
  • Karun Nair has made 30 or more in 6 of the last 10 T20 innings.

Last 10 T20s

DateTeamOpponentGroundBatBowlResult
11 Jul 2026Mangaluru DragonsShivamogga YodhasM Chinnaswamy Stadium41 (31)–Shivamogga Yodhas won by 4 wickets
10 Jul 2026Mangaluru DragonsBengaluru BlastersM Chinnaswamy Stadium2 (4)–Bengaluru Blasters won by 12 runs
8 Jul 2026Mangaluru DragonsGulbarga MysticsM Chinnaswamy Stadium65 (37)–Mangaluru Dragons won by 3 runs
6 Jul 2026Mangaluru DragonsHubli TigersM Chinnaswamy Stadium11 (7)–Mangaluru Dragons won by 3 wickets
2 Jul 2026Mangaluru DragonsShivamogga YodhasKSCA Rajnagar Stadium0 (2)–Shivamogga Yodhas won by 7 wickets
30 Jun 2026Mangaluru DragonsMysore WarriorsKSCA Rajnagar Stadium48 (27)–Mysore Warriors won by 2 wickets
29 Jun 2026Mangaluru DragonsBengaluru BlastersKSCA Rajnagar Stadium43 (31)–Bengaluru Blasters won by 8 runs (DLS)
28 Jun 2026Mangaluru DragonsShivamogga YodhasKSCA Rajnagar Stadium––Mangaluru Dragons won by 8 wickets (DLS)
25 Jun 2026Mangaluru DragonsMysore WarriorsSrikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground61 (32)–Mangaluru Dragons won by 6 wickets
24 Jun 2026Mangaluru DragonsBengaluru BlastersSrikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground10 (6)–Bengaluru Blasters won by 20 runs

Read more

  1. Blog · What away records tell Test selectors before a tourIndia go to New Zealand with a top order short of runs against the moving ball. The number selectors reach for first may be the worst one to trust.
  2. Opinion · What Karun Nair's Test ledger says about those 9,537 first-class runsA first-class average a shade under 50 is the easy half of the Karun Nair story. The ten Tests, the triple hundred and the 2025 recall are the hard half.

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