Twitter celebrates as triple centurion Karun Nair ends Sehwag's 12-yr wait

Karun Nair celebrates as he leaves the ground after scoring 300 runs during the fourth day of the fifth cricket test match against England at MAC Stadium in Chennai on Monday PicPTIKarun Nair on Monday became just the second Indian cricketer to score a triple century in a Test innings Nairs unbeaten 303run knock saw him join former India opener Virender Sehwag in the very exclusive 300run club which has seen only Viru as its lone member for 12 years and 8 monthsSehwag must have been getting quite lonely in the club what with no other Indian being able to score a triple ton since his 319 against South Africa in Chennai in March 2008Well Sehwags wait is over Nairs hereAnd this is how Sehwag welcomed him to the clubYay Welcome to the 300 club karun126 It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 monthsWish you the very best KarunMaza aa gayamdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag December 19 2016The righthander remained undefeated at 303 at stumps on the fourth day of the fifth match against England in Chennai reaching the landmark in the 191st over of Indias first innings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on MondayIndia declared their first innings after Nair reached 303 posting a massive 7597 in response to Englands 477 Nairs mammoth effort took 381 balls with 32 boundaries and four sixesNair reached the milestone off the bowling of legspinner Adil Rashid when a misfield at point resulted in a boundary that brought up his triplehundred thereby helping Nair become the first Indian to turn his maiden hundred into a tripleNairs 303 runs was the third highest individual score by an Indian in Tests after former opener Virender Sehwag who heads the top scorers list with two triple centuriesSehwag scored 319 against South Africa in Chennai in March 2008 and 309 vs Pakistan in MarchApril 2004 at Multan in PakistanHERES THE MOMENT KARUN NAIR GOT HIS 300 WATCH VIDEO HEREKarunNair did it style303 Triple century moment pictwittercomeYMqQzNkZnmdash Avinashpandian Avinashpandian December 19 2016Well Twitterati took to the platform to celebrate the brilliant inningsNair never tire ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091raquo KarunNair INDvENGmdash Gaurav Kapur gauravkapur December 19 2016Karun Nair A Malayalee born in Rajasthan plays for Karnataka and created an Indian record in Tamil Nadu And wins every Indians heart acircu00c2u0098ordmmdash Kiran Kumar S KiranKS December 19 2016But what are England bowling Karun Nair is in a mithai shop and the owner is asking him to have as much of anything he wantsmdash Harsha Bhogle bhogleharsha December 19 2016ReporterWho can score 300 after youSehwag Can b KohlipujararohitKarun nair LolIndvsengmdash agravecurrenshyagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrenu00c2u0088agravecurrencedilagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrensup1agravecurrennot Bhai_saheb December 19 2016Aim higher Someone told Karun Nairmdash Harsha Bhogle bhogleharsha December 19 2016At 25 years and 13 days Karun Nair becomes the youngest Indian to score a triple century in Tests Take a bow young man Paytm INDvENGmdash Star Sports StarSportsIndia December 19 2016Karun Nair converted his TestFirst 50 to 100First 100 to 150First 150 to 200First 200 to 250First 250 to 300ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008cethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008cethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008cethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008cmdash Broken Cricket BrokenCricket December 19 2016WhoaMount Everest Climbed Again Triple century in only his third Test innings Unbelievable stuff Well played Karun Nair INDvENGmdash Aakash Chopra cricketaakash December 19 2016Karun Nair amp India must slow down 500 amp 1000 isnt legal tender anymoremdash Trendulkar Trendulkar December 19 2016Not a bad way to announce yourself into international cricket KarunNair Wish you many more runsmdash Harsha Bhogle bhogleharsha December 19 2016Sorry mom I didnt go and buy the milk yet was glued to the screen watching Karun Nair get to his 300IndiaVSEngTestCricketSpecialmdash Tabraiz Shamsi shamsi90 December 19 2016Many congratulations to karun126 for a brilliant triple century One of the finest knocks you will see from a young man Special innings ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fmdash Manoj Tiwary tiwarymanoj December 19 2016Karun NairYesterday 71 in 136 balls Sr 5221 today 232 in 245 balls Sr 9469IndvEngmdash Mohandas Menon mohanstatsman December 19 2016A brilliantly paced knock by a really talented young batsman Congratulations karun126 on a truly splendid knock INDvENG pictwittercomqm2nXbv9ydmdash Gautam Gambhir GautamGambhir December 19 2016Congratulations karun126 Nair on being Indias first cricketer to convert maiden Test century into triple hundred IndvsEngmdash Rajat Sharma RajatSharmaLive December 19 2016Scoring 300 and all is fine but the real test of patience will be if Karun Nair goes to an ATM and come up with even a 100mdash EngiNerd mainbhiengineer December 19 2016Congrats karun126 for the Triple Ton A great achievement which shall be remembered for a long time Indian Cricket is proud of you BCCImdash Rajeev Shukla ShuklaRajiv December 19 2016Congratulations karun126 for a tripple tongreat inning Best wishes for your bright futuremdash Amit Shah AmitShah December 19 2016Sehwag hits triple century Anil Kumble captured that moment Karun Nair hits triple century Anil Kumble captured that momentIndvsEngmdash Angurlata Deka Angurlata December 19 2016What an effort 300ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0094u00c2u009d karun126 ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008f keep rockingHis first test hundred and thats 300 not outGod bless BCCI INDvENG looks like 40ethu00c2u009fcurrenu00c2u0098mdash Harbhajan Turbanator harbhajan_singh December 19 2016Welcome to the 300 club youngster karun126 ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008dethu00c2u009fu00c2u008fiquestethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008aethu00c2u009fu00c2u008fiquestethu00c2u009fu00c2u008fu00c2u008f Supermdash Chris Gayle henrygayle December 19 2016Congratulations on the historic triple century karun126 We all are delighted amp proud of your remarkable featmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi December 19 2016A Dabang Congratulations to karun126 only 3rd batsman in history of Cricket to have a triple as his maiden ton IndvEng BCCI pictwittercomgHc8UKKd5Rmdash MainBhiDabang DabangDelhi December 19 201612 years long wait of virendersehwag in the 300 club for India was joined by karun126 playing his 3rd test EngVsInd Chepaukmdash Bharath Reddy b_bharath_reddy December 19 2016