Karnataka batsman Karun Nair on Monday entered an elite club, joining Virender Sehwag as the second Indian to score a triple century in Tests. Nair, in his third Test, completed not out on 303 as India announced with their most noteworthy score in Tests, a gigantic 759/7, at the notable MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
At 25 years and 13 days, Nair additionally overwhelmed Sehwag's Indian record of most youthful Test triple-centurion. Sehwag - who tweeted his congrats to Nair - had been 25 years and 160 days in 2004 when he hit that epic 309 against Pakistan in Multan.
In that Test - which MS Dhoni's team won to wind up distinctly No 1 in the ICC Test Championship - Sehwag had missed the mark concerning scoring India's third triple-century when he was out for 293. On day four in Chennai, Nair ticked off a few individual milestones for an Indian batsman, including going past Sehwag's 293 and while in transit to an uncommon triple-century.
Alternate points of reference for Nair incorporate turning into the main Indian batsman to change over a lady Test hundred into a triple-hundred, the principal Indian batting at No 5 or lower to achieve 300, and the most noteworthy score by an Asian batsman as a lady Test century.
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