Indian Cricket Team Carved A New Chapter In The History Of Cricket With Karun Nair Leading The Show

The new comer was considered as tyro because of his not so remarkable performances in his previous two test matches. But who knew he will be making most of his chance of making 300. Everyone was expecting Virat on the move but chance of scoring 300 is not everyday deal. The captain chose Nair and he not only came clean with making 100 in no time but also managed to stretch until he made a historic 300. Hence, Indian Cricket Team carved new chapter in history of cricket with Karun Nair leading the show.

Karun Nair ended his show with making 303 and this is his 3rd test. At the age of 25, he is the youngest Indian batsman to score a triple sanctuary at very early stage of his career. After Gary Sobers of West Indies and Bob Simpson of Australia, Karun Nair of India stretched his 100 till 300. Yes, with this, India survived a boat capsize with Nair in the charge.

This test match was not just a steal deal for Nair but also for Indian Cricket Team. India scored its biggest inning in this match with stopping at 759 runs in Chennai. earlier, it was 726 runs in Mumbai in 2009 test match series.

At very naive stage, he has joined the list of bigwigs, Virendra Sehwag, MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh.

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Nair says, “This is test match, a far bigger achievement for me. But having said that, I think that innings was more taxing, I played a lot longer. It is just amazing moment in my career and I would like to just go on”.

He feels heartily thanks towards Virat Kohli who made way for him to grab the chance of making 300. He remarked it like, “A time was set, but when I got close it was pushed back. I want to thank the team management”.

Also, Virendra Sehwag, the only victor of 3 hundreds before Nair, congratulated him on Twitter saying, “Yay! Welcome to the 300 club @karun126. It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 months. Wish you the very best Karun. Maza aa gaya!”.

This authentic test match was all dedicated to Karun Nair and India’s record breaking performance in tests.

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