India, Aug. 8 -- Karun Nair and B Sai Sudharsan didn't have a troubled time at the crease during most of their innings in the just concluded Anderson-Tendulkar series, but they weren't able to fully cash in on their chances either.

This English summer was just beautiful for the batters. With the groundsmen dishing out featherbeds, it became a story of runs and tons - the 7000-run mark being crossed for the first time in a five-Test series.

In times like these, when runs were so plentiful, the failings become glaring. Karun Nair averaged 25.62 in the series and Sai Sudarshan 23.33, their numbers are dwarfed by Shubman Gill's 75.40, KL Rahul's 53.20, Rishabh Pant's 68.42, Washington Sundar's 47.33 and Ravindra Jadeja's 86.00.

When the In...