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STATS:
303 by Karun Nair:
+ Second Indian player after Virender Sehwag (twice) to score a triple hundred for India
+ Highest maiden Test century for India
+ Highest for India against England
Youngest Indian Player to Score Triple Century
Fastest to score Triple Century only in his 3rd test.
759/7 dec is India's highest total in Test cricket eclipsing 726/9 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai(BS) in 2009
It is also the highest total against England surpassing 751/5 dec by WI in St John's in 2004
It was the second instance of India having four 100+ stands in an innings after four against WI in Kanpur in 1979
This was the fourth instance of a team scoring 600 or more in consecutive innings:
Previous instances:
Aus v Eng, 1946
WI v Ind, 1948
Ind v SL, 2009
Six Indian players scoring 100s in a series:
v NZ in Ind, 1955/56
v Eng in Ind, 1963/64
v WI in Ind, 1978/79
v Eng in Ind, 2016 *
R Ashwin became the second Indian after Kapil Dev (vs Pak, 1979) to score 250+ runs & take 25+ wkts in a same series.
Highest individual scores for India:
319 V Sehwag v SA, Chennai, 2008
309 V Sehwag v Pak, Multan, 2004
303* KARUN NAIR v Eng, Chennai 2016
293 V Sehwag v SL, Mumbai(BS), 2009
281 VVS Laxman v Aus, Kolkata, 2001
270 R Dravid v Pak, Rawalpindi, 2004
254 V Sehwag v Pak, Lahore, 2006
Highest maiden centuries:
365*G Sobers
311 B Simpson
303* K Nair
287 Tip Foster
277 B Lara
274 Zaheer Abbas
303 by Karun Nair:
+ Second Indian player after Virender Sehwag (twice) to score a triple hundred for India
+ Highest maiden Test century for India
+ Highest for India against England
Youngest Indian Player to Score Triple Century
Fastest to score Triple Century only in his 3rd test.
759/7 dec is India's highest total in Test cricket eclipsing 726/9 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai(BS) in 2009
It is also the highest total against England surpassing 751/5 dec by WI in St John's in 2004
It was the second instance of India having four 100+ stands in an innings after four against WI in Kanpur in 1979
This was the fourth instance of a team scoring 600 or more in consecutive innings:
Previous instances:
Aus v Eng, 1946
WI v Ind, 1948
Ind v SL, 2009
Six Indian players scoring 100s in a series:
v NZ in Ind, 1955/56
v Eng in Ind, 1963/64
v WI in Ind, 1978/79
v Eng in Ind, 2016 *
R Ashwin became the second Indian after Kapil Dev (vs Pak, 1979) to score 250+ runs & take 25+ wkts in a same series.
Highest individual scores for India:
319 V Sehwag v SA, Chennai, 2008
309 V Sehwag v Pak, Multan, 2004
303* KARUN NAIR v Eng, Chennai 2016
293 V Sehwag v SL, Mumbai(BS), 2009
281 VVS Laxman v Aus, Kolkata, 2001
270 R Dravid v Pak, Rawalpindi, 2004
254 V Sehwag v Pak, Lahore, 2006
Highest maiden centuries:
365*G Sobers
311 B Simpson
303* K Nair
287 Tip Foster
277 B Lara
274 Zaheer Abbas
