Karun Nair not concerned with form before SRH clash: I'm still batting well

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IPL 2025, SRH vs DC: Karun Nair said that he isn’t concerned with his form and is happy to have played cameos of late. Nair has scored 154 runs from six games at an average of 25.66 with a top score of 89 against Mumbai Indians.

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00:00Yeah, of course, we have had a bit of a break just to go back, have a reset, have a think

00:08about it. We have had a few days off. So we have had time as a team to reset and go back

00:14to the things that we were doing well. And it's about peaking at the right time. And

00:19this is the perfect time to start and the last four games to go. From here, it'll be

00:24just about focusing on what we can do better as a team and going out there and playing

00:30with a lot of freedom.

00:33Hi, is there any update on Akshar's injury? Is he available for the match? Akshar Patel,

00:38he got injured in the last one.

00:40I think, I'm not sure actually, but I think everything looks fine. It's not something we

00:47are concerned about. I think, anyways, we'll know tomorrow. You guys will know at the toss.

00:54What could be the biggest challenge for you tomorrow?

00:58Well, every game is a different challenge. It's about winning moments and winning particular

01:04moments in the game. And we've been doing that really well in most of the games that

01:11we've played. And we're sitting in a decent position. But having said that, we need to

01:15go out there and play with a lot of freedom, play the way that works for us and which has

01:22worked for us in the first few games as well. And just continuing to do our processes in

01:27the right way.

01:34Like Sir said, it's a crucial match. Every game is a must-win game now for you to qualify.

01:39What is the mood in the district room? How confident are you that DC can qualify?

01:44I think we're not looking at it as, you know, a must-win game or anything. Every game is

01:53a challenge. Every game we go out there is to win. So, we would like to win tomorrow and,

01:58you know, keep going further in the tournament. So, it's about focusing on ourselves, focusing

02:03on how we play the game and how well prepared we are and how we go about playing, our way of

02:11playing. So, and at the end, you know, once you focus on the process, the results will

02:16take care of itself. So, it's about, for us at least, it's about going and playing the

02:21way that works for us and it's about continuing to do that.

02:26Karun, just an extension of what you were asking. I mean, now you're on 12 points, DC's

02:30on 12 points. There are two other teams who are, you know, chasing you, snapping at your

02:35heels, LSG and KKR as well. Then there's Punjab just above you. So, how much of the talk

02:41is in the dressing room about qualifying for the playoffs or, you know, taking it one

02:46match at a time? Because I'm sure the race to the playoffs is now getting tighter and

02:50you are the team and the tournament is at a very delicate stage at this moment.

02:55Yeah, the talk is only about what we can control and what we can improve on. What we can control

02:59is how we play and we win our games. You know, we can't keep looking behind us or looking

03:04in front of us. We have to look at ourselves and look at winning our games and that is

03:09probably our mindset going into tomorrow and it will be the mindset in every game that

03:15we play. So, it's about, again, like I said, following what we know best how to do and going

03:21out there and expressing ourselves.

03:25I must ask, you know, in this tournament we've seen a lot of young talent. I mean, SRH, though

03:31they are at the verge of getting eliminated. They have Abhishek Shama, we've seen Suryavanshi,

03:37the sensation. So, I just wanted to ask as a player, you know, these young talents that

03:43are cropping up in the IPL tournament, is there any way that anybody can strategize against

03:50that and how do you see the, you know, cricket building at such a young level?

03:55I think that's the beauty of the IPL, you know. I think every single season that we have played,

04:00there's always been someone who comes up and someone who puts their name up and it's amazing

04:05to see all the young guys doing so well and it's going to continue in the years to come.

04:10So, it's about, you know, the IPL itself is such a big opportunity for everyone. So,

04:17be it youngsters or be it players who have been playing for many years, it's just, again,

04:20an amazing opportunity to come and showcase their skills and, like I said, the IPL has

04:25always thrown up a lot of talents and, which is really good for Indian cricket and talking

04:30about how you strategize against them, it's about watching them, learning about them and

04:35it takes time for every team to learn about new players but, again, that's where the advantage

04:40lies in a new player as well.

04:43Hi. Can you give an insight into the Heymang Badani-KP coaching partnership? How are they

04:49guiding batters throughout the season, especially with how the demands on batters are increasing

04:53every day in IPL?

04:55I think we have an amazing coaching setup which is very clear in what they want and they kind

05:03of set out roles for everyone and we as players, you know, as soon as you know what the coach

05:09is or what the team wants from you, it's really easy for you to go out there and, you know,

05:14execute that and also they give you a lot of freedom to go out there and express yourself

05:18and play with a lot of freedom or intent and the way the game is going now is that you

05:24go out there and, you know, you're not worried about losing your own wicket but you're more

05:30focused on how I can, you know, improve the situation for the team in terms of as a batsman

05:35scoring a lot of runs quickly.

05:36So, again, they've been really clear with everyone. We have a clear marked out roles

05:42for everyone and which is really nice and we have an amazing setup that is helping us and

05:48so far it's been a very positive environment and something that we as a team have enjoyed

05:53really, really well so far.

05:56Karun, you scored a half century in the early part of the tournament and then the form is

06:01sort of, you know, a little up and down. How do you assess your personal form, batting form

06:06so far?

06:07I think I'm still batting well. It's about, again, converting those 20 runs to bigger scores.

06:14So, that's where, you know, you can change matches for your team and making sometimes those

06:2215 or 20 runs also is impactful sometimes and, again, as long as the team is winning,

06:28I'm really, you know, happy about how I am playing because I'm trying to do my best to

06:33help the team win. So, as long as I'm making those small impacts and which is helping the

06:39team win, I'm fine with that and talking about myself, I think I'm batting really well and

06:44really hoping to keep continuing on the same way.

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