Vidarbha captain Karun Nair has become the first batsman in the world to score the most runs in List-A (ODI) cricket without getting out. He scored 542 runs in 5 matches played in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. 33-year-old Nair played five matches against Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. Of these, he scored a century in four except Chhattisgarh. The last match was played against Uttar Pradesh on Friday at Vizzy Stadium in Andhra Pradesh Vijaynagar. In this match, he was out after scoring 112 runs. Nair’s team Vidarbha won this match by 8 wickets. Nair’s performance in 5 matches: broke the record of New Zealand’s James Franklin
As soon as he scored 70 runs against Uttar Pradesh, Karun Nair became the first Indian batsman to score 500 or more List A runs without getting out. He also surpassed the List A record set by former New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin (527) in 2010. Nair scored his seventh List-A century. Scored a century against Jammu and Kashmir in the first match
Nair started making this record with the match against Jammu and Kashmir on 23 December 2024. In that match played at Vizzy Stadium in Vijayanagaram, he scored an unbeaten 112 against Jammu and Kashmir while chasing a target of 222 runs. Scored an unbeaten 44 against Chhattisgarh on 26 December. After this, he scored an unbeaten 163 against Chandigarh on 28 December and an unbeaten 111 against Tamil Nadu on 31 December. However, Karun Nair could not continue his unbeaten campaign against Uttar Pradesh. He was dismissed after scoring 112 runs off 101 balls with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes. Will play for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Karun Nair played for Karnataka for 11 years before joining Vidarbha in 2023. After becoming the captain for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Karun Nair was also selected for the IPL during the IPL 2025 mega auction last November. He will play IPL after 2 years. The right-handed batsman was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakh. Nair will play with Delhi Capitals for the second time after 2016-17. Nair, who played his last match for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on home ground in 2017-18, was listed as an uncapped player in the IPL auction. Nair is the second Indian batsman to score a triple century in Tests
Karun Nair is the second Indian to score a triple century in Tests after Virender Sehwag. Nair scored an unbeaten 303 against England in Chennai in 2016. He has been out of Team India since 2017. Karun played his last Test in 2017 against Australia in Dharamsala. Before him, Virender Sehwag has scored 300+ runs in Tests. Sehwag scored 304 runs against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 runs against South Africa in Chennai in 2008.
