2024-04-22 11:24:13
New Delhi: Whenever the test book will be opened in Indian history, one name of Karun Nair will definitely be included in the record list. Karun Nair, who scored a triple century in Tests for India, has been out of Team India for a long time, while he also participated in the IPL 2024 auction, but no one made any hay. When he remained unsold, he went to play for England County. Now Karun Nair hit an unbeaten double century to help his county team Northamptonshire dominate their match against Glamorgan in the Vitality County Championship Division Two.
Despite scoring a triple century against England, Nair was not given enough opportunities by the management and selectors. The decision makers of Indian cricket forgot him. He does not have an IPL contract and decided to play in England. This is his second stint with the county club. He scored 202 not out off 253 balls and his team declared the innings at 605 for 6, with a first innings lead of 334 runs.
Nair shared a 212-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Saif Jaib, who scored his first century of the new season. He hit 21 fours and 2 sixes. Ricardo Vasconcelos also scored 182 runs for the team. Karun has scored 6962 runs in 100 first-class matches at an average of 48.34. He has scored 18 centuries and 32 half-centuries.
Meanwhile, the right-handed batsman scored 374 runs in 6 Test matches for India. He recorded an impressive average of 62.33 in the longest format of the game. Nair also played two ODI matches for the Men in Blue, in which he scored 46 runs at an average of 23. Let us tell you that Northants head coach John Sadler had expressed happiness at having Nair on board for the second consecutive season of the County Championship.
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Sadler praised Nair for his approach and the way he scored runs for the team. Sadler had said – Not only did he score some incredible runs for us, but his calm nature and his hunger for more runs was fantastic.