Indian batter Karun Nair feels he didn’t celebrate his triple hundred against England the way he should have. Nair became the second Indian batter after Virender Sehwag to go past the 300-run mark when he scored a historic 303 against England at Chennai in 2016.
Meanwhile, Nair has returned to the Test squad after a long hiatus of eight years after consistently performing in the domestic circuit for Vidarbha.
Nair scored 863 runs in nine matches of the Ranji Trophy at an average of 53.93, with the help of four centuries to earn a recall into India’s Test squad.
On the other hand, Nair also amassed 779 runs in nine matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at an average of 389.50 and a strike rate of 124.04, with the help of five hundreds. Furthermore, the right-hander has the experience of playing for Kent in County Cricket.
“One thing that I’d probably change is I would celebrate more in that 300. I dont think celebrated or enjoyed the moment as much as I should have. When I see how people enjoy the milestones. I didnt show it enough. I didn’t value that moment enough,” Nair told Ashwin on his YouTube channel.
Nair added he was happy after scoring a triple century, but there was nothing running in his mind.
“Honestly, at that particular point of time I did not have anything running in my head. I was obviously happy. First of all, as an Indian cricketer, as a batter you want to get to a hundred first. So all I was thinking about was how do I get to a hundred and once I got to the hundred, I was quite relaxed and I didnt actually think, I was only thinking about where can I take the team and how can I go forward,” Nair said.
Karun has played six Tests and two ODIs for Team India so far and has scored 374 and 46 runs, respectively.
The opening Test match between India and England will be played at Leeds, Headingley, from June 20 onwards.
