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Nair’s triple century fuels record total
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INDIA batsman Karun Nair reflected on his brush with death this year after scoring a brilliant triple century against England in the fifth test yesterday.
The 25-year-old was among the hundred-plus passengers on a boat which capsized in his home state of Kerala in July, killing six people.
“I didn’t know how to swim. People there rescued me and I was just lucky enough to live again,” Nair said after scoring 303 not out at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Fortune played a crucial part in his marathon 381-ball knock against England in only his third test. Nair was dropped on 34 by Alastair Cook at slip and by Joe Root on 217, and he survived a stumping opportunity off Moeen Ali.
Nair just carried on, however, compiling his maiden test century before lunch and converting it into a double before counter-attacking in the final session to become the second Indian, after Virender Sehwag, to make a test triple century.
“After the first hundred, pressure was off. The first hundred is always important and I think when I got the first hundred, I was just playing my shots after that,” he said.
India posted its highest ever test total of 759-7 before declaring, a decision which was delayed to allow Nair complete his triple century. After conceding a 282-run lead, England finished on 12 for no loss.
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