"By heart and silence..."- Karun Nair's cryptic post amidst India's struggles in 2nd Test vs South Africa goes viral

India’s number three from the previous Test series against England in the United Kingdom, Karun Nair, struggled with the bat on his return to the national side. In 15 innings, the right-handed batter collected 579 runs at an average of 41.35 and a strike rate of 64.62 with the help of one fifty and the best score of unbeaten 303 runs.

Nair was dropped from the national side after his struggling UK trip, where he managed only one fifty in the fifth game at the Kennington Oval in South London. He was not considered for either of the home Test series against West Indies or South Africa as he returned to the Ranji Trophy 2025/26 and continued to collect truckloads of runs.

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In the game against Saurashtra, Nair smashed a fine 73 at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot before nailing an unbeaten knock of 174 runs against Goa at Shimoga, while against Kerala, the Karnataka batter smacked 233 runs. In the previous contest against Chandigarh, he drilled 95 in Hubballi.

Karun Nair drops shocking tweet after India’s top-order struggle in 2nd Test against South Africa in Guwahati

Nair, who was the fourth leading run-getter in the last season’s of Ranji Trophy 2024/25 with the help of 863 runs in 16 innings at an average of 53.93 and a strike rate of 49.59 shouldering on four centuries and two fifties at the best score of 135, has overall 9277 runs in 201 innings of first-class cricket at an average of 50.41 with 26 centuries and 39 fifties.

“Some conditions carry a feel you know by heart — and the silence of not being out there adds its own sting.” Nair wrote on his X account (formerly known as Twitter) just moments after the top order and middle order of the Indian side put in an embarrassing batting performance in Guwahati.

South Africa posted 489 runs in the first innings thanks to the brilliant century of Senuran Muthusamy and 93 of Marco Jansen, while India found themselves strolling at 174/7 at the lunch break of the third day’s play.