New Delhi, July 22 -- Former spinner Ravichandran Ashwin silenced Karun Nair's critics by declaring that the Vidarbha batter has done "well" despite the hiatus of a substantial score after three Tests in India's ongoing tour of England.

The runs that flew briskly from Karun's bat in the domestic circuit have dried up in England. After a swashbuckling 204 for India A in the first unofficial Test against England Lions, he raised the expectations around him to new heights.

However, a couple of weeks later, Karun's bat resorting to silence hasn't helped his cause since his return to the Test fold after an eight-year exile. In three Tests, he has mustered up 131 runs at 21.83, while his compatriots have made the art of scoring a piece of cak...