Watch:‘Unstoppable’ Karun Nair Batted With A Broken Bat During His Triple-Hundred Against England
On Monday, Karun Nair became the talking point of the nation with his superb batting display. Also, Karun Nair smashed as many as 6 records with his unimaginable knock of 303 not out on Day 4 of the fifth India- England Test match at Chennai which made a path for victory.
Here’s all the Six-Records Broken by the young star:
- First Indian to convert maiden 100 into 300
- Second Indian after Sehwag to get to 300 score
- Highest score by an Indian batting at No.5 or below
- Quickest to score a triple century (in terms of innings)
- Highest individual score against England
- 6th Youngest to score a 300
But, something interesting to know here is that 25-year-old batted with a broken bat during his innings in which he scored a triple-hundred and reached all these milestones.
And according to the Indian cricket board, the Karnataka youngster even handed the broken piece to the umpire so that he can later collect the same as a memoir.
Watch the video here:
The incident happened when Nair was batting at 105 runs and edged a Ben Stokes delivery to loop over second slip for four. That delivery had left Nair’s bat a bit broken from the top edge. The batsman, however, kept on batting with the broken bat.
Nair’s 303 (not out)-run knock also helped India to pass their highest ever Test score of 726 runs.
Nair, who is playing only his third Test match, smashed England all around the park. Nair faced 380 balls in his innings and punished the rival bowlers with 31 fours and four sixes.
A triple hundred for @karun126 followed by the declaration from #TeamIndia skipper. India 759/7d, lead #ENG(477) by 282 runs pic.twitter.com/q18MnGeo59
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2016
Following this course, Nair became the second Indian batsman to score the triple ton after Virender Sehwag. Sehwag scored his first triple ton against Pakistan in Multan in 2004. He played the knock of 309 runs.
In 2008, Sehwag once again showed his class and got on to score another triple ton against South Africa in Chennai. He scored 319 runs.
The Karnataka boy also became the first ever batsman to hit a triple ton in his first Test series. Also, he is only the third Test player after West Indies legend Garry Sobers (365*) and Aussie Bob Simpson (311) to convert their maiden Test century into a triple century.