Kiran Karthikeyan mentioned a refined batting course of was key to his prolific season in the Col. C.Ok. Nayudu Trophy, the place he’s Tamil Nadu’s main run-getter with 634 runs in 13 innings at a median of 52.83, together with two lots of.
The 19-year-old, taking part in his first season on the u-23 degree, mentioned helpful classes from final season’s Cooch Behar Trophy (u-19) and his time in the TNCA first division league, the place he performs for MRC-A, helped form his method.
Kiran Karthikeyan in motion in the CK Nayudu Trophy closing at Natham in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
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G. KARTHIKEYAN
“Earlier, I would just watch the ball and play and get 20s and 30s, but not make it big. To sustain that approach for a prolonged period, I realised I needed a process. I brought in a mindset that I have to bat for maximum overs.
“Instead of going in wanting to hit a hundred, if you bat for 50–60 overs, a hundred becomes a byproduct. Runs will come in phases. Even if they don’t come for ten overs, they will in the next ten. Small adjustments like that helped me in a major way,” he mentioned.
