Karun Nair is a veteran Indian batter who recently recorded his 5th century in the ongoing 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy, find out more about his records, stats, team and centuries
Nair recorded an unbeaten 122 runs against Rajasthan at the Motibaug Cricket Ground, in Vadodara, on Sunday.
Cricketer Karun Nair Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-2025 stats, runs list, total centuries, team name and first class cricket record
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Vidarbha captain Karun Nair has now hit the joint-most 💯s in a season in the #VijayHazareTrophy, equalling N Jagadeesan's (2022-23) tally of 5 centuries! 😮
📽️ Relive his fantastic knock of 122* vs Rajasthan in quarterfinal 🔥@IDFCFIRSTBank | @karun126 pic.twitter.com/AvLrUyBgKv
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 12, 2025
Karun Nair – The fighter!🔥👏 pic.twitter.com/OPDFiMdnTi
— CricketGully (@thecricketgully) January 12, 2025
Earlier in the match, Nair scored his 4th successive century before going unbeaten for the 5th century in six innings.
Karun Nair bio
Karun Kaladharan Nair is an Indian international cricketer who was born on December 6, 1991, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He currently plays for the Vidarbha team in domestic cricket and for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He mainly plays as a right-handed top order batter and occasional off-break bowler. Karun is just the second Indian batter to score a triple century in Test cricket.
Karun is the son of Kaladharan Nair and Prema Nair, who hail from Chengannur in Alappuzha district, Kerala. Kaladharan works as a mechanical engineer, while Nair’s mother, Prema, works as a teacher at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bangalore. He also has an older sister named Shruthi Nair. Nair married his longtime girlfriend Sanaya Tankariwala, a media professional, in a private ceremony at Udaipur, Rajasthan, on January 19, 2020. The couple has a son named Kayaan Nair, who was born in January of 2022.
Karun Nair 2024/25 Vijay Hazare Trophy stats
Karun Nair has set the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy on fire by leading Vidarbha from the front, smashing five centuries in six innings and the 33-year-old has amassed 664 runs and is currently leading the run charts.
Nair has so far recorded 5 centuries in the ongoing VHT campaign, starting off with 112 versus Jammu & Kashmir. He then recorded an unbeaten 44 runs versus Chhattisgarh before registering 163 against Chandigarh. Nair then managed an unbeaten 111 runs against Tamil Nadu before scoring another 112 against Uttar Pradesh. He then topped it off with his 122 against Rajasthan.
During the match against Rajasthan, Karun scored an unbeaten 200-run stand alongside Dhruv Shorey after Rajasthan managed 291/8. Vidarbha scored 92/1 when Nair walked in to join Dhruv Shorey before winning it for Vidarbha in the 44th over. The veteran scored 122 runs from just 82 balls, including five sixes and 13 fours, at a 148.78 strike rate. Karun Nair has so far hit 664 runs this VHT season, from a total of six innings (7 matches).
Career stats
Given below are Karun Nair’s career stats:
Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA | Competition |
Matches | 6 | 2 | 76 | 78 | Matches |
Runs scored | 374 | 46 | 5,436 | 1,953 | Runs scored |
Batting average | 62.33 | 23.00 | 50.33 | 31.50 | Batting average |
100s/50s | 1/0 | 0/0 | 14/25 | 2/12 | 100s/50s |
Top score | 303* | 39 | 328 | 120 | Top score |
Balls bowled | 12 | – | 1269 | 750 | Balls bowled |
Wickets | 0 | – | 13 | 14 | Wickets |
Bowling average | – | – | 52.30 | 44.78 | Bowling average |
So far, Karun Nair has registered 8 centuries in List A cricket, out of which 5 came in the ongoing VHT campaign. Nair has also made over 3,000 runs in the 50-over format (3,013).
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