10 best quotes on Karun Nair's stupendous 303*

Sometimes you run out of adjectives to describe a knock. It was one such day when Karnataka batsman Karun Nair played an astounding innings and became only the 2nd Indian after Virender Sehwag to score a triple century in Test cricket. He also became the 1st Indian and the 3rd overall to convert his maiden Test century into a triple century.

It was one heck of an innings from the youngster and irrespective of the pitch he deserves special applause for this knock. Playing only in his 3rd Test, Nair rode his luck to score his maiden Test century in the morning session of the 4th day. He started getting better and better after his century and oozed confidence. He played some delightful strokes and took on the English bowlers especially the spinners mercilessly.

He unleashed a whole barrage of sweep shots including the conventional sweep and the reverse sweep to good effect and scored at a brisk pace. His 2nd century came in 121 balls after grinding hard for his century. Once he reached his double century there was no stopping him. He struck Adil Rashid for 16 in an over which included two hits to the fence and a beautiful six.

He also executed a perfect uppercut of Jake Ball which went over the ropes. He was pretty well supported by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who also chipped in with half centuries. Nair’s beautiful innings was constructed with 32 hits to the fence and 4 gigantic sixes. It was an extraordinary effort from a batsman who is so new to international cricket. Despite scoring a triple century there is no guarantee that he will retain his place in the Playing XI once Ajinkya Rahane recuperates from his injury.

Following his stupendous knock, eminent personalities from all over the world wished the young talent and congratulated him on joining the elusive 300 club. Fans, experts, teammates, present and former cricketers all spoke inspiring words about India’s new batting sensation. Here are 10 best quotes on his stupendous knock.