Indian middle-order batsman Karun Nair became the only second player from the country after Virender Sehwag to score a triple century.
The 25-year-old right-handed batsman remained unbeaten on 303 (381 balls) as India declared on 757/7 in reply to England's first innings score of 477 on the fourth day of the final Test of the five-match series against the visitors in Chennai on 19 December.
It was also the highest score by India in the longest format of the game, as Virat Kohli's men went past the previous best of 726/9 (dec) against Sri Lanka in Mumbai in 2009.
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After having sealed the ongoing series 3-0, skipper Kohli pushed the declaration even after getting a healthy lead on the penultimate day of the Test just to let Nair, who was only playing his third Test match, to get to the milestone mark.
IBTimes Singapore brings you some of the reactions to Nair's maiden triple ton.
Yay ! Welcome to the 300 club @karun126 .
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 19, 2016
It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 months.
Wish you the very best Karun.Maza aa gaya!
Here is what the proud parents of @karun126 had to say after their son's triple hundred#INDvENG #Chepauk pic.twitter.com/80Vqgwly95
— TNCA (@TNCACricket) December 19, 2016
Take a bow @karun126 quality triple ?, India never short of batting talent, another emerges! #INDvENG
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) December 19, 2016
Nair: 192 (216) v spin & 111 (165) v seam; 145 off side & 158 leg side; 146 (217) front foot; 128 (126) back & 25 (13) down pitch. #IndvEng
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) December 19, 2016
Wow! Wow! Wow! Triple celebration for @karun126 ; super stuff. @virendersehwag is no longer lonely at the top! #KarunNair
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) December 19, 2016
India reached their highest ever Test score, a giant 759/7d, for a 282 run lead! https://t.co/9YvSVv36ni #howzstat #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/MFPc8Tkt2L
— ICC (@ICC) 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
#KarunNair pic.twitter.com/dMxbMf1IjT
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 19, 2016
Players who have turned their maiden hundreds into triple centuries:
— betway (@betway) December 19, 2016
✅ Sobers in 1958
✅ Simpson in 1964
✅ Nair in 2016
Sublime. #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/6tDgDIpclB
Not a bad way to announce yourself into international cricket .#KarunNair Wish you many more runs
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016
#KarunNair With The God Of The Game! #300 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/1b4ir13nRO
— Amol Karke (@Imamol97) December 19, 2016
4
— Mike Thorpe (@MikeThorpeTVNZ) December 19, 2016
13
303*
KK Nair's test innings to date.
When he gets to 14*, he's unstoppable.#INDvENG
if england save this 8 or 9 down tomorrow it will be a case of so nair yet so far for india #INDvENG
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 19, 2016
Congrats #KarunNair ! #IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/y0hTfGiGoN
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) December 19, 2016
Looks like #KarunNair will continue batting till #England returns the #Kohinoor diamond ????#INDvENG.
— Sriram Varma (@sriramForU) December 19, 2016
Got to admire the resolve of these young India batsmen. Get a chance, make it count. #KarunNair
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016
@karun126 WOW!!! 303 not out. So proud of my old @rajasthanroyals mate. ????????And my @RCBTweets teammate @klrahul11 199 ???????? #INDvENG
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) 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 is now the QUICKEST to score 300 in Tests -in only his third innings.Len Hutton had reached the mark in his 9th innings.#INDvENG
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 19, 2016
Cook dropped #KarunNair on 34 and he in return went to score an unbeaten 303 !!#INDvENG #2016 pic.twitter.com/enaTTmFFGk
— Sharad Anand (@iamnotsharad) December 19, 2016
Reaction of every Indian After seeing Karun Nair innings#KarunNair #INDvENG #TripleCentury #Respect @DeemagSePaidal pic.twitter.com/HA44Fx2g5e
— Aditya Vashistha (@Kheyali_Nawab) December 19, 2016
#KarunNair well played champ, surpassing @NotDravid and @VVSLaxman281 scores. pic.twitter.com/Iti2M5vn7M
— TR bhalke (@Iam_TR56) December 19, 2016
