10 International Players to watch out for in the 2016/17 Ranji Trophy season

10. Karun Nair  

Of the new wave of Indian batsmen, Karun Nair is one of the handfuls of blokes who boasts of consistency and deft touch. Evidence of the same can be found in his exploits in the Ranji Trophy including a massive 328 in 2015 final of the tournament. Apart from that, his 25 First-class matches have seen him amass slightly over two and a half thousand runs.

Nair opened the batting for India along with his state-mate KL Rahul in two of the three ODIs in the West Indies. He has also been called up to the Test team on a few occasions when there have been injuries to the likes of Murali Vijay, and more recently, Shikhar Dhawan. However, despite this, Nair has never been handed a Test debut as of yet.

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Moreover, Nair is one of those players who is a typical ‘modern day’ player who can seamlessly switch between different formats of the game and be highly successful. This will be a massive incentive for the selectors when they assemble a team for different formats of the game.