India, March 17 -- Karun Nair is all set to play in his first Indian Premier League (IPL) game in five years. The veteran Indian batter was roped in by Delhi Capitals at the mega auction last November. But Nair has his eyes fixed on the bigger prize-a return to the Indian team for the tour of England in June.

Nair has been on a run-scoring spree in domestic cricket. After a record run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he scored 779 runs in nine games at 389.50, comprising five centuries, he carried his momentum into red-ball cricket, where he scored 860 runs at 57.33, comprising four centuries, including a match-winning knock of 135 and 85 in the final in Vidarbha's title win.

Speaking to reporters in Delhi Capitals' first media interac...