Karun Nair became the third Indian to hit four consecutive List A centuries in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. (Instagram)
Vidarbha captain Karun Nair extended his stupendous purple patch as he smashed his fourth consecutive century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the quarter-final clash against Rajasthan at the Motibaug Cricket Ground in Vadodara in Sunday.
Chasing a hefty 292-run total, the 33-year-old Nair walked in at number three after a 92-run opening stand between Yash Rathod and Dhruv Shorey. Nair then anchored the chase with Shorey wht got to his century in 114 deliveries. The former Karnataka batter reached his fourth hundred in consecutive innings off only 77 deliveries with 11 fours and three sixes, making him only the third Indian and the fifth batter overall to achieve the milestone in List A cricket.
Shortly after the century, Nair smoked pacer Khaleel Ahmed for 24 runs in five deliveries with three fours and two sixes before Vidarbha secured a nine-wicket win in 43.3 overs.
Vidarbha qualified for the knockouts after winning all games in Group D of the tournament, with their final league game against Mizoram ending in a 10-wicket win. Within his four previous outings with the bat in the league stage, Nair set a new List A world record for most runs between two dismissals. Nair’s scores during this run read: 112*, 111*, 163* and 44* against Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh and Chhattisgarh respectively. Nair had earlier started the tournament with a century against J&K. The overall streak makes him only the second batter to hit five centuries in an edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy after Tamil Nadu’s Jagadeesan.
Nair became the third batter after Devdutt Padikkal (4, 2020-21) and Jagadeesan to record four consecutive centuries in List A cricket. While Jagadeesan holds the world record with five consecutive centuries during the 2021-22 VHT, only Kumar Sangakkara (4) and Alviro Petersen (4) have achieved the landmark of four consecutive List A centuries outside India.
Most consecutive List A hundreds
5 – N Jagadeesan (2022-23)
4* – Karun Nair (2024-25)
4 – Devdutt Padikkal (2020-21)
4 – Kumar Sangakkara (2014-15)
4 – Alviro Petersen (2015-16)
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