‘Nine’, signed Karun Nair with his hands.
No prizes for guessing what he meant. That was his ninth hundred of the season across formats. After taking the single to complete his century for Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final, he took off his helmet, looked towards his dressing room, and signed the number.
“I had been talking to one of our throwers that I would show him ‘nine’ if I scored a hundred in this match,” Karun explained shortly after he came back with his 132 (batting) at the end of the fourth day.
When asked if it was only meant for the dressing room, as the national selectors were also present at the stadium, he said with a mischievous smile, “You can take it however you like.”
Karun certainly must have made the selectors take note. The man who scored a triple hundred in only his third Test is making his bat do the talking and how.
After taking the single to complete his century for Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final, he took off his helmet, looked towards his dressing room, and signed the number.
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PTI
After taking the single to complete his century for Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final, he took off his helmet, looked towards his dressing room, and signed the number.
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PTI
He now has 860 runs, with four hundreds, in the Ranji Trophy this season, to add to the 779 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with five hundreds.
He is hoping to add to the Ranji Trophy tally. “It has been an important knock for me as we were seven for two when I went in,” he said. “It was important for me to stay there and hold one end. I wanted to play the whole day. We want to come back for the final day and bat as long as we can.”
He admitted he was very disappointed after getting run out for 86 in the first innings. “I knew the hundred was there for me to take,” he said. “So, I was determined to make it count in the second innings. Batting on the fourth day is never easy, but I wanted to go out there and give my best.”