Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar believes that Karun Nair should bat at No.4 for India during the five-match Test series against England.

Nair's comeback to Team India hasn't been easy, but a consistent run in domestic cricket forced the selectors to turn back to the 33-year-old.Nair hogged the limelight when he played a remarkable innings of 303 in his debut series against England in 2016, however, it was followed by scores of 26, 0, 23, and 5 against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Nair was picked in the India squad for the following England tour, but he didn't get a chance to feature in the XI before being dropped from the team. During the series, India had an opportunity to play Karun Nair, but the BCCI instead added Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari to the squad ahead of the fourth Test. In the fifth Test, when Hardik Pandya was ruled out, India handed a debut to Hanuma Vihari, leaving Nair on the bench."Nair, only the second Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, was in the team that went to England in 2018 but was never given an opportunity. Midway through that tour when there were injury requirements, Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari were sent to England. Vihari then made his debut even though Nair was in the squad. Today, there's every chance that Nair could bat at No. 4," Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day."Those boots are huge to fill but as Nair himself once asked cricket to give him another chance and now that he has got it and it will be interesting to see what he makes of it. Remember, Rohit Sharma was also not in that squad and he went on to captain his country. So, if Nair uses the opportunity well and has luck on his side, he could well script a memorable chapter in Indian cricket history."

Shubman Gill To Lead India

Meanwhile, India will be led by Shubman Gill on the England tour. Gill was named the captain after Rohit Sharma announced retirement from the format. The India squad also handed a maiden call-up to Sai Sudharsan, however, ace pacer Mohammed Shami was dropped due to fitness issues.India Squad: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav