Twitter Reacts As Karun Nair Converts His Maiden Century Into A Triple
Today is one of the greatest and unforgettable days for the young Indian cricketer Karun Nair who created the history by scoring 300 runs in a single innings of a Test match. One Karnataka batsman KL Rahul missed a double century yesterday just by a run and today Karun Nair made up his teammate converting his maiden Test century into a double and also a triple century.
Karun started the day-4 with Murali Vijay at the other end on 71. It was a great innings from the youngster as he could exhibit his skills against one of the best teams in the world i.e. England. He hit 32 fours and 4 sixes on his way to the milestone.
The characteristic of his knock was the strokes he played, he looked very comfortable driving, pulling and playing the reverse sweep as well. Apart from the one catch that Alastair Cook dropped when Nair was on 35, it was a flawless knock and as he spent time in the middle read the situation better deciding who to attack and which bowler to stay cautious against.
Thus, Twitterati can’t stop congratulating Karun Nair for his wonderful and extraordinary knock.
Twitter Reactions:
A brilliantly paced knock by a really talented young batsman! Congratulations @karun126 on a truly splendid knock! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/qm2nXbv9yd
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) December 19, 2016
Congratulations on the historic triple century @karun126! We all are delighted & proud of your remarkable feat.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 19, 2016
Welcome to the 300 club youngster @karun126 👍🏿👊🏿🏏 #Super
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) December 19, 2016
Waiting for someone to replace this fellow’s face with @Karun126‘s. pic.twitter.com/ASGkhl9LxH
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) December 19, 2016
Many congratulations to @karun126 for a brilliant triple century. One of the finest knocks you will see from a young man. Special innings 👏
— Manoj Tiwary (@tiwarymanoj) December 19, 2016
What a day 4 India at Chepauk. @karun126 heartiest congratulations on this marvelous 300. 2nd Indian to achieve after @virendersehwag @BCCI
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) December 19, 2016
Take a bow @karun126 quality triple 💯, India never short of batting talent, another emerges! #INDvENG
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) December 19, 2016
2 300s in a year:
1930 Sandham & Bradman
1958 Sobers & Hanif
2004 Sehwag & Lara
2012 Clarke & Amla
2014 McCullum & Sanga
2016 Azhar & Karun— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 19, 2016
Naam mein hi run chupe hain Ka’RUN’ Nair #INDvENG
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 19, 2016
It was generous of Kohli to extend the innings that long but he must hope his bowlers give him something this evening.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016
Whoa….Mount Everest Climbed Again. Triple century in only his third Test innings. Unbelievable stuff. Well played, Karun Nair. #INDvENG
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 19, 2016
Karun Nair (25y-13d) 6th youngest to register a 300 in Test cricket#IndvEng
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 19, 2016
Yay ! Welcome to the 300 club @karun126 .
It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 months.
Wish you the very best Karun.Maza aa gaya!— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 19, 2016
In bed watching India V England. Great batting from Karun. But India should’ve declared 40 mins ago & had an hour at England. Agree ?
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) December 19, 2016
Only Sehwag stands ahead now……..
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016
If Karun Nair continues to play so well, we will continue to forget Rohit Sharma. 😂
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) December 19, 2016
Playing only third innings in his Test Career and registered highest individual score by Indian No.5 in Test history
The Name is Karun Nair
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 19, 2016
Karun Nair born in Kerala
Played for Karnataka
Scored Double-Hundred in Chennai
Divided by States United by Nair#INDvENG— Troll Cricket (@TrollCricket3) December 19, 2016
Indians to convert maiden Test hundred into double hundred
Dilip Sardesai 200* v NZ
Vinod Kambli 224 v ENG
KARUN NAIR*#INDvENG #IndvsEng— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 19, 2016
Awesome achievement @karun126 👌Congratulations on ur maiden 200👏Proud of u young man👍 #INDvENG @BCCI
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 19, 2016
Amazing spotting of talent by @BCCI .
Rahul,Nair,Jayant,Bumrah all making it count.
Rahul& @anilkumble1074 playing a huge role in developmnt— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 19, 2016
Hopefully Karun Nair isn’t forgotten for bigger names with even bigger reputations#IndvsEng
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 19, 2016
KNair joins VKambli (224) and DSardesai (200*) in making 200 as their maiden Test century. #IndvEng
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) December 19, 2016
KL Rahul should take a leaf out of Karun’s book on how to score a double hundred. Or at least take a run from kaRUN
— Ravi Maestri (@ravimaestri) December 19, 2016
At least Karnataka’s talent has no restrictions of flowing freely in TamilNadu 😉 Delighted for Karun and KL 👏👏 #IndvEng
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) December 19, 2016
9th double-century in Tests at Chepauk – easily the most at any Indian venue. Next highest 6 at Feroz Shah Kotla. #IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 19, 2016
What can be better than this?
Turning your maiden ton into double.
What a never give up attitude!
Well played @karun126 #INDvENG— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCricketGirl) December 19, 2016
Well done karun @karun126 very well deserved. Keep it going
— ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) December 19, 2016
Between them two young Karnataka and India batsmen have made 400-1!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016
Nobody has scored more runs than Karun in Indian First-Class cricket since he made his debut…Runs in FC Cricket showing its worth 🙂
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 19, 2016
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