Indian player Karun Nair recorded a rare record. Karun Nair, who is pouring a flood of runs as the captain of the Vidarbha team, scored his third consecutive century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In this sequence, Listu set a record as the player who scored the highest number of runs (542) while remaining unbeaten in A cricket. In the match against Uttar Pradesh, Karun Nair scored 112 runs off 101 balls with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes and gave his team a great victory.
Highlight:
- Sensation in the Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Karun Nair’s world record
- Making a hat-trick century is a new record
Karun Nair remained unbeaten in the last 4 matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Scored 112 runs (not out) against Jammu and Kashmir on 23 December. After that he scored 44 runs (not out) against Chhattisgarh, 163 runs (107 balls, not out) against Chandigarh and 111 runs (103 balls, not out) against Tamil Nadu. It is remarkable that Vidarbha team under the captaincy of Karun Nair has won all the five matches played so far.
Karun Nair scored 112 runs (11 fours and 2 sixes in 101 balls) in the match against Uttar Pradesh on Friday (January 3). So he achieved this hat-trick century. In this order, Franklin broke the world record. After that he got out shortly after.
New Zealander James Franklin scored 527 not out in 2010. Since then, this record has been in his name for about 14 years. Karun Nair has broken this record today. They are followed by Joshua van Heerdon (512), Fakhar Zaman (455) and Taufiq Umar (422) at the third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.
In today’s match, Karun Nair along with Yash Rathore also scored a century (138 runs, 140 balls, not out) and the Vidarbha team scored 313 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Both of them put on a partnership of 228 runs for the second wicket.
Vidarbha team further improved the top position in the points table with a solid win in today’s match. They continue to lead Group D with 20 points. Tamil Nadu (14) and Uttar Pradesh (14) are in the second place.
Karun Nair has been unsold in the last two seasons of IPL. In the recently concluded IPL mega auction, Delhi Capitals team got him for Rs.50 lakh.
About the authorSrinivas GangaSrinivas Reddy is working as Senior Digital Content Producer in Gangam Samaya Telugu. Provides news and special articles on AP, Telangana, national and international topics. Trained from EJS, Srinivas has over 12 years of experience in journalism. BTech from JNTU. In the past, news and educational topics were provided in leading newspapers.… Read more
