Ben Karan and Sam Karan
England players Sam Karan and Tom Karan know that they are real brothers. However, Sam Karan is more popular in India because he has been playing a lot in the IPL. Tom Karan has also played IPL, but he did not last long, so he was forgotten. But few people know that they have another brother Ben Karan. Those who play international cricket, but not for England, but for Zimbabwe. Now he has a chance that he is playing against his own brother’s team England. But the question is why Ben Karan plays for Zimbabwe when Sam and Tom play for England. Let us tell the full story behind it.
Ben Karan’s father has played cricket for Zimbabwe
The first thing is that playing international cricket is not an easy task for England. There is already so many players presenting their claims whether Ben’s number will come there or not, there is no guarantee. The second thing is that these three brothers i.e. Tom, Sam and Ben Karan’s father were born in Zimbabwe. His name is Kevin Karan. The special thing is that Kevin Karan means the father of these three has played cricket for Zimbabwe. He has played for Zimbabwe from 1983 to 1987. Kevin has played 11 matches for this team, so Ben also thought that he would play cricket for his father’s team i.e. Zimbabwe.
Ben Karan has played county cricket for England
Ben Karan has played cricket for England’s county team. He has played cricket for Northamptonshire from 1991 to 1999. That is, like his brothers, Ben also had an option to play international cricket for England, but even after this, he decided to play cricket for his father’s team and now he is playing international cricket and he has got a chance to play against England.
This has been so far, Ben Karan’s performance
Ben Karan has so far played 5 Test matches for England, with 307 runs in his name. He has also scored a half -century so far. He got a chance to debut a Test debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in December last year. However, when he landed to play against England, he could not do anything special. In the first innings of this match, he could score only 6 runs on ten balls. Now it has to be seen how they perform in the second innings of the match.
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