Erstwhile chairman of selectors and former batting stalwart, Sandeep Patil is stunned by the continuing exclusion of Karun Nair in India's Test squad. Nair was overlooked by the team management on the recent tour of England and did not even make it when Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan were dropped following a drop in form. Hanuma Vihari was chosen for the final Test at the Oval where the pundits felt Nair could have been given a go especially with the series already surrendered.

"I hurt for Nair. He has not done anything wrong to be dropped... I really feel sad for him," Patil told mid-day yesterday. "Look, I know what he is capable of. I have seen him from close quarters ever since I was at the National Cricket Academy [as director). When we had matches against Karnataka, Nair would always be part of the XI and score runs."