6,6,6,6,4,4,4,…..Karun Nair, who scored a triple century for India, also created history in Ranji, played a stormy innings of 328 runs

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|25-08-2024

Karun Nair: Team India's promising cricketer and right-handed batsman Karun Nair, who plays domestic cricket for Karnataka, has an amazing record in international cricket. After Virender Sehwag, he is only the second player from India to score a triple century in Test cricket. He played a brilliant innings of 303 runs against England in 2016.

This is about international cricket. The 32-year-old player had achieved this feat in Ranji Trophy even before entering international cricket. He made his team champion by playing an innings of 328 runs in the final match against Tamil Nadu. Today, we are going to discuss his innings in detail in this article.

When 328 runs came out of Karun Nair's bat

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Actually this incident is of 2015. Ranji Trophy final was being played. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu teams were face to face. If we talk about this match, after winning the toss Karnataka decided to bowl first. Tamil Nadu batting first was very shameful. This team was reduced to just 134 runs in the first innings.

In response, Karun Nair batted brilliantly for Karnataka. The right-handed batsman tore apart the opposition bowlers. He scored 328 runs in 560 balls with the help of 46 fours and a six. Let us tell you that Karun batted for about 872 minutes. His innings broke the morale of the opposing team. Later, this innings gave Karnataka the victory.

The situation of this match was something like this

Karun Nair 328

Thanks to Karun Nair's marathon innings, Karnataka had scored a huge score of 762 runs in the first innings. In response, Tamil Nadu played some great innings in the second innings. Number three batsman Baba Aparajith contributed 68 runs in 139 balls. All-rounder Vijay Shankar scored 103 runs in 164 balls with the help of 18 fours.

Apart from him, Dinesh Karthik also scored a century. The right-handed batsman faced 112 balls and scored 120 runs which included 21 fours and a six. However, despite these innings, Tamil Nadu lost the match by an innings and 217 runs.

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