India vs England 2016, Chennai Test: Top Facts About Triple-Centurion Karun Nair 1

Year after year, India continues to produce some gifted batsmen, who go on to take world cricket by storm. On Monday, was the chance for a certain Karun Nair to be immortalized in the record books as he battered England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Nair became just the second Indian batsman to register an elusive triple-century and joined the elite triple-century club.

Nair batted with effortless ease and grace as he toyed away with the helpless English bowlers. Once he crossed his ton, there was no looking back as the right-handed batsman stepped on the accelerator. With Nair being etched in history, let us have a look at some of the top facts surrounding this little genius:

 

  1. Karun was born on 6th December 1991 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. While he represents Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy, he is originally from the state of Kerala.

 

  1. Nair made his First-Class debut in December 2013 vs Punjab. However, he made his List A debut long ago in February 2012.

 

  1. As a courtesy of bringing up his triple ton, Nair became just the third batsman to convert his maiden Test century into a triple century. The other two individuals are Sir Gary Sobers and Bob Simpson.

 

  1. He became just the second Indian batsman to get to a triple century. The first batsman was Virender Sehwag, who achieved the feat twice.

 

  1. By bringing up his triple ton, Nair became the sixth youngest batsman to join the prestigious 300 club.

 

  1. Nair made his international debut for India in an ODI against Zimbabwe this year. He was dismissed for seven while opening the innings.

 

  1. He was chosen as the reserve opener for the third Test in Sri Lanka in 2015, after regular openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay were out with injuries.

 

  1. Earlier this year, his life was put in jeopardy after his boat in the river Pampa capsized. Nair was saved despite the fact that he doesn’t know how to swim.

 

  1. He was a key member of the India A team that recently won the unofficial ODI series in Australia.

 

  1. Has played for two IPL franchises – Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils.

 

  1. Was Delhi Daredevils’ second highest run getter in the 2016 edition of the IPL.

 

  1. Scored 709 runs during Karnataka’s victorious Ranji Trophy campaign in 2014/15.

 

  1. Started playing cricket at the age of 10.

 

 

Krishna Chopra

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