New Delhi, April 16 -- Karun Nair's comeback trail has entered a fresh chapter. The Karnataka star will be facing Rajasthan Royals, the team which gave him his first breakthrough.

Karun Nair made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut in 2013 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, against Mumbai Indians. Incidentally, it was the IPL debut of Jasprit Bumrah as well. Bumrah took 3 wickets that day. Virat Kohli was his first, Mayank Agarwal the 2nd, and Karun Nair was the third. Karun made a three-ball duck that day. Karun Nair won the battle against Jasprit Bumrah in his comeback game on Monday (April 14). Karun smashed 89 off 40 balls against MI, out of which 26 came off the 9 balls he faced from Bumrah.

Karun Nair played just one more match f...