Mumbai’s top-order batsman Armaan Jaffer, who has decided to play for Pondicherry CA in the upcoming domestic season, wants to take motivation from Test cricketer Karun Nair’s inspiring story.

Nair, who scored a triple ton against England in Chennai in 2016, eventually fell out of favour with the selectors before toiling hard for Vidarbha (Ranji champions in 2024-25) to earn a Test recall after eight years for the Shubman Gill-led Indian team that will be playing five Tests in England starting at Leeds on June 20.

Jaffer, 26, the nephew of domestic stalwart and former Test opener Wasim Jaffer, revealed he decided to shift base after playing 15 first-class games for Mumbai, scoring 769 runs and three centuries.