Indian Test cricket’s second triple-centurion, Karun Nair (after Virender Sehwag, who did it twice) was almost a forgotten commodity, plying his trade for Vidarbha for two seasons until his mind-boggling performance in the 50-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy this season. Nair amassed 779 runs in eight innings, six of them unconquered, with five hundreds, four of them in successive innings, at an average of 389.50. Understandably, he was spoken of as a candidate for the ODI team heading to the ICC Champions Trophy.

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