Fifth Test: Nair’s ton helps India to 463/5 vs England (Lead Lunch)

– Monday’s huge knock against England, which included 32 fours and four sixes off 381 balls, was not Nair’s first triple century.

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With this, Nair became the second Indian batsmen to score triple century in tests.

– Garfield Sobers holds the record for the highest maiden Test century score, the West Indies star hitting an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan in Kingston on February 26, 1958. In the process, Moeen Ali also registered a not-so-glorious record of having scored a 100 and conceding a 100-plus runs in an innings in the same Test, and interestingly for the third occasion in this calendar year.

Only the spectacular opener Virendar Sehwag, among India’s hallowed band of batsmen, has previously scaled the 300 wall, and he did it twice, so Nair has already been to heights not reached by the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.

Asked as to when he thought about getting to a triple century, Nair said it was only after he reached 280 that his partner Ravindra Jadeja started egging him on to reach the milestone.

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Virat Kohli declared immediately after Nair cut Adil Rashid for his 32nd four, to add to four sixes, and reach his triple-hundred from 381 balls in nearly nine-and-a-half hours.

Rahul hit a career-best 199 before lobbing a simple catch shortly before the close of play to Jos Buttler at point off Adil Rashid. Some balls, however, are keeping low and stopping at the batsmen. The home side declared on 759 for seven as visitors faced utter disappointment on penultimate day of the Test match.

The ramp short and reverse sweeps, besides the flawless cover drives, were all there as India piled up 177 runs in the final session.

Fall of wickets: First innings: India: 152/1, Parthiv Patel (41.5 overs); 181/2, Cheteshwar Pujara (50.5 overs); 211/3, Virat Kohli (60.4 overs); 372/4, KL Rahul (102.3 overs); 435/5, Murali Vijay (123.4 overs). Virender Sehwag scored 319, the highest individual score by an Indian, against South Africa here in 2008.

It wasn’t an innings without blemish; there were two chances after he had crossed 200, but he was good enough to make the most of those let offs and make England pay dearly for their lapses.