Karun Nair brought up a double century on Day 2 of the unofficial Test between India A and England Lions at Canterbury on Saturday. Nair brought up the mark with a boundary in the 101st over of India A's innings.
This is the fourth occasion on which Nair scored 200 runs or more in a single innings. His highest First-Class score is 328, achieved while playing for Karnataka against Tamil Nadu during the 2015/16 season. Nair is also the second Indian batter, following Virender Sehwag, to record a triple century in Test cricket. Prior to this, his top score for India A was an unbeaten 114 against South Africa A in 2015.
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Nair, included in the India squad for the five-Test series against England that starts on June 20, has made a solid start to the two-month tour. Having last played for India eight years ago, Nair's double century cannot go unignored for the selectors and coach Gautam Gambhir .
He finally departed after scoring 204 runs, a knock laced with 26 boundaries and a six, and became India A's sixth wicket to fall. The right-hander was dismissed by Zaman AKhtar in the 106th over.
While Nair is known to bat either at No. 4 or below in first-class cricket , he looked at ease having been moved to the No. 3 spot during his 281-ball knock.
Against a pedesterian England Lions bowling, India A made merry with Sarfaraz Khan (92) and Dhruv Jurel (94) both collecting easy runs but couldn't convert it into tons.
This is the fourth occasion on which Nair scored 200 runs or more in a single innings. His highest First-Class score is 328, achieved while playing for Karnataka against Tamil Nadu during the 2015/16 season. Nair is also the second Indian batter, following Virender Sehwag, to record a triple century in Test cricket. Prior to this, his top score for India A was an unbeaten 114 against South Africa A in 2015.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel.
Nair, included in the India squad for the five-Test series against England that starts on June 20, has made a solid start to the two-month tour. Having last played for India eight years ago, Nair's double century cannot go unignored for the selectors and coach Gautam Gambhir .
He finally departed after scoring 204 runs, a knock laced with 26 boundaries and a six, and became India A's sixth wicket to fall. The right-hander was dismissed by Zaman AKhtar in the 106th over.
While Nair is known to bat either at No. 4 or below in first-class cricket , he looked at ease having been moved to the No. 3 spot during his 281-ball knock.
Against a pedesterian England Lions bowling, India A made merry with Sarfaraz Khan (92) and Dhruv Jurel (94) both collecting easy runs but couldn't convert it into tons.
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