Indian Cricketer Karun Nair scored 300 runs and became the second Indian batsman after Virender Sehwag to score a triple hundred in Test cricket. This test match is only the 3rd Test match for India
In terms of innings, Karun Nair was the quickest in Test history to scored triple ton. Karun Nair did this in only third innings and Len Hutton did so in his ninth innings.
Fifth Test Against England in Chennai 2016:
This test turned out to be a memorable one for Karun Nair in terms of reaching landmarks and achieving milestones. He scored his maiden triple ton playing only in his third Test match for India.
After making the triple ton by Nair, India immediately declared their first innings at 759/7 leading by 282 runs.
303* runs by Karun Nair
+ Second Indian player after Virender Sehwag (twice) to score a triple hundred for India
+ Highest maiden Test century for India
+ Highest for India against England
Nair became the quickest to score a double ton for India – doing it in his third innings. Vinod Kambli did so in his fourth innings.
Karun Nair reached another landmark by an Indian batsman with highest individual score against England. Virat kohli scored 235 against England.
Karun Nair had an impressive 2013-14 Ranji Trophy season. Nair also helped Karnataka to win the title after 15 years, by scoring hundreds in the quarterfinal and semifinal.
This was the fourth instance of a team scoring 600 or more in consecutive innings:
Previous instances:
Aus v Eng, 1946
WI v Ind, 1948
Ind v SL, 2009
Six Indian players scoring 100 in a series:
v NZ in Ind, 1955/56
v Eng in Ind, 1963/64
v WI in Ind, 1978/79
v Eng in Ind, 2016 *
R Ashwin became the second Indian after Kapil Dev (vs Pak, 1979) to score 250+ runs & take 25+ wkts in a same series.
Highest individual scores for India:
319 V Sehwag v SA, Chennai, 2008
309 V Sehwag v Pak, Multan, 2004
303* KARUN NAIR v Eng, Chennai 2016
293 V Sehwag v SL, Mumbai(BS), 2009
281 VVS Laxman v Aus, Kolkata, 2001
270 R Dravid v Pak, Rawalpindi, 2004
254 V Sehwag v Pak, Lahore, 2006
Highest maiden centuries:
365*G Sobers
311 B Simpson
303* K Nair
287 Tip Foster
277 B Lara
274 Zaheer Abbas
