Karun Nair
India vs england test series: Team India’s England tour is now getting closer. The series is to be held next month, for this the Indian team has also been announced by the BCCI. However, the England team is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, today you are going to tell you a record, which you might have forgotten. In the Test series between India and England, only two batsmen have been able to score a triple century so far, it has an Indian player and one English batsman. Today let’s talk about Indian player. Which is also part of Team India in this series.
Karun Nair has scored a triple century against England in Test
The first Test series was played between India and England in 1932. Since then, both teams have been playing series going to each other’s house, but only one Indian batsman has happened, who has managed to score a triple century. We are talking about Karun Nair. When the England team came to India in the year 2017, Virat Kohli used to be the captain of that team. For India, KL Rahul scored 199 runs while opening. He missed only one run on completing his double century. But Karun Nair was the most discussed, who came to bat at number 5 in that match. He scored an unbeaten 303 runs in the first innings of the match, facing 381 balls. During this time Karun Nair hit 32 fours and four sixes.
Team India won this match by innings and 75 runs
In response to 477 runs scored by England in the first innings in the match, Team India declared 759 runs for 7 wickets in their first innings. In the second innings too, England team scored only 207 runs and Team India won the match by an innings and 75 runs. Karun Nair, who scored a triple century in the first innings, did not bat in the second innings. Although Karun Nair got a chance to play some more matches after this, he could not even get close to this historic innings.
Karun Nair returns to India after nearly eight years
Karun Nair, who made his Test debut in 2016, scored a triple century in his third match. After this, he played three more Tests, but a single time a century is far away, could not even score a century. In March 2017, he played his last Test and was out after that. But now he has got a chance in the Indian team again. Now it will be interesting to see if the new captain Shubman Gill gives Karun Nair a chance in the playing XI of the Test to be held from June 20. If they come to the playing XI, then everyone will be eyeing Karun how Karun Nair, who returned to the Test after about eight years, bat.
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