India, April 16 -- Karun Nair made a blistering return to the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the match against Mumbai Indians, scoring a fiery 40-ball 89 in what was his first appearance in the league after three years. But the veteran batter, who has his eyes set on an India return for the upcoming tour of England, failed to carry the momentum into the game against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday as he was dismissed for a three-ball duck following an unfortunate run out.

It happened on the first ball of the fourth over when Sandeep Sharma dished out a length ball angling onto off from round the wicket to Abhishek Porel, who got an inside edge on the pull shot as the ball rolled towards the point region. Porel quickly called for a single, ...