Question: Name the first Indian batsman to score triple ton against England?
(a) K.L Rahul
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Karun Nair
(d) Murli Vijay
Ans. (c)
Related facts:
- On 19 December 2016 Indian batsman Karun Nair scored an unbeaten 303 on the fourth day of the fifth and final Test match against England in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
- Nair achieved this feat in the third Test match of his career.
- Karun Nair registered his first triple hundred in only his third innings in Tests – the least innings taken by any batsman.
- The previous best was six Tests and nine innings taken by Len Hutton of England.
- It also the highest individual score by any cricketer in his maiden series, bettering the 113-year record of Tip Foster (287).
- Nair, at 25 years and 10 days, is the sixth youngest batsman to hit a triple century in Tests.
- Garry Sobers remains the youngest to score triple hundred in 21 years 213 days, he had scored 365 not out vs. Pakistan at Kingston in February/March 1958.
- In this match India’s total of 759 for seven wickets declared is the highest score by any team vs. England, breaking the record of the 751 for five wickets declared by West Indies at St. John’s in April 2004.
- In this test match Ravichandran Ashwin became only the fifth cricketer to complete 300 plus runs and more than 25 wickets in a Test series.
Reference:
http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/karun-nair-record-books-triple-ton-india-vs-england-stats-4435416/
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/84850/karun-nair-indian-cricketer-enters-record-books-with-triple-hundred
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ravichandran-ashwin-300-runs-25-wickets-india-vs-england-tests-ian-botham/1/838077.html