MUMBAI, March 10 (PTI): Karun Nair�s unconquered 310 put Karnataka in driver�s seat as the defending champions posted a mammoth 618/7 against Tamil Nadu on day three of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium here today.
Karnataka added 295 runs today to extend their first innings lead to an imposing 484 runs against their struggling opponents.
Nair, who scored his first triple century in first class cricket, piled on 123 runs with KL Rahul in the first session, reaching his 200 just three balls before lunch. Incidentally, this was Nair�s first double century.
Batting for two full days, Nair struck 45 fours and a six in his marathon 815 minute knock and reached his 300 with a reverse sweep boundary off Malolan Rangarajan.
The youngster is nine runs shy of equalising Gul Mohammad�s record of 319 for Baroda against Holkar in 1946-47, for the highest score in a Ranji final.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu (1st innings) 134 all out (Abhinav Mukund 35, Baba Indrajith 27, Aswin Crist 21; R Vinay Kumar 5 for 34, Abhimanyu Mithun 3 for 54)
Karnataka (1st innings) 618 for seven (Karun Nair 310 not out, K L Rahul 188, Vinay Kumar 41 not out, Laxmipathy Balaji 3 for 95).
MUMBAI, March 10 (PTI): Karun Nair�s unconquered 310 put Karnataka in driver�s seat as the defending champions posted a mammoth 618/7 against Tamil Nadu on day three of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium here today.
Karnataka added 295 runs today to extend their first innings lead to an imposing 484 runs against their struggling opponents.
Nair, who scored his first triple century in first class cricket, piled on 123 runs with KL Rahul in the first session, reaching his 200 just three balls before lunch. Incidentally, this was Nair�s first double century.
Batting for two full days, Nair struck 45 fours and a six in his marathon 815 minute knock and reached his 300 with a reverse sweep boundary off Malolan Rangarajan.
The youngster is nine runs shy of equalising Gul Mohammad�s record of 319 for Baroda against Holkar in 1946-47, for the highest score in a Ranji final.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu (1st innings) 134 all out (Abhinav Mukund 35, Baba Indrajith 27, Aswin Crist 21; R Vinay Kumar 5 for 34, Abhimanyu Mithun 3 for 54)
Karnataka (1st innings) 618 for seven (Karun Nair 310 not out, K L Rahul 188, Vinay Kumar 41 not out, Laxmipathy Balaji 3 for 95).
