5 cricketers who were dropped after a big Test knock

#1 Karun Nair, 2016 (303* vs England)

Karun Nair is the second Indian to score a triple century

Armed with an impressive first-class record, Karun Nair was given the opportunity to get a taste of international cricket when he was called up for the Test series against England in 2016. After failing to convert his starts into big ones in the first two Tests, the right-hander scripted his name in the history books in his third Test at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Already 0-3 down in the five-match series, the visitors England managed to score a good 477 runs in the first innings of the final encounter. The reply from India was even better. Karun Nair scored an unbeaten 303-run knock, becoming only the second Indian to score a triple century - after Virender Sehwag.

Surprisingly, Nair was benched for the one-off Test match against Bangladesh which followed soon after, making way for Ajinkya Rahane, who had missed the Chennai Test owing to a finger injury. Rahane being the more experienced player of the squad was given a nod in spite of Nair’s epic run fest in the previous match.