Agency :
For a country obsessed with cricket, Karun Nair – India’s 287th Test cricketer – became the country’s second batsman to score a triple century in the longest format of the game on Monday.
And none other than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the way in congratulating the Indian middle-order batsman for his heroics in Chennai.
The fourth day of the fifth Test between India and England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium had Nair written all over it. Starting the day unbeaten on 71, he finished unbeaten on 303 when India skipper Virat Kohli decided to call the batsmen in and have a go at the England batsmen.
At stumps, England were 12/0, trailing India’s first innings score by 270 runs. The Indian bowlers bowled a good line and if the signs in the later stages of the fourth day was anything to go by, the English batsmen could have their task cut out against the Indian spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra.
Before this, only Virender Sehwag had scored two triple hundreds in Tests. And what a knock it was from Nair. He cut, he pulled, he drove, he flicked and most impressively, he swept anything and everything that was pitched in his half by the England spinners.
For a country obsessed with cricket, Karun Nair – India’s 287th Test cricketer – became the country’s second batsman to score a triple century in the longest format of the game on Monday.
And none other than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the way in congratulating the Indian middle-order batsman for his heroics in Chennai.
The fourth day of the fifth Test between India and England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium had Nair written all over it. Starting the day unbeaten on 71, he finished unbeaten on 303 when India skipper Virat Kohli decided to call the batsmen in and have a go at the England batsmen.
At stumps, England were 12/0, trailing India’s first innings score by 270 runs. The Indian bowlers bowled a good line and if the signs in the later stages of the fourth day was anything to go by, the English batsmen could have their task cut out against the Indian spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra.
Before this, only Virender Sehwag had scored two triple hundreds in Tests. And what a knock it was from Nair. He cut, he pulled, he drove, he flicked and most impressively, he swept anything and everything that was pitched in his half by the England spinners.
