Which Indian has the longest difference between half -centuries in the history of cricket? No, it is not Karun Nair. Cricket news
It was a long wait for-3149 days to be accurate-but Karun Nair finally has another fifty-Plus score for his name in Test cricket. The right -handed batsman, who burnt MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with a notable 303 against England in December 2016, reached an unbeaten 52 in stumps of 1 day of the fifth Test on Thursday, with its first important score in about nine years.The difference between two fifty-plus scores in men’s tests is the second longest for an Indian batsman, since World War II. The only Indian Parthiv Patel with a long drought, ended 4426 days between his fourth and fifth tests – 54 against Australia in October 2004 to 67 against England in November 2016.
Nair’s flexible half -century came after a series, but was thrown during the previous matches. It was a major attraction of the early day’s game at the Oval, which helped India cross the 200 -run mark and sew the half -century partnership with Washington Sundar, which would resume on two days.The tour symbolizes Nair’s return to international cricket after eight years.India’s assistant coach Ryan Ten Dochet started Nair’s half -century battle against England. “He started six in the first Test and then batted at three for the other two tests. See, when a test comes back to the side as if he does after a long absence, the pressure is always there, and I think he has handled it very well. ,In the series, Nair played 183 runs in four tests and seven innings at an average of 30.50, with the best score of 52*. In the other three tests, his scores were 0 and 20 in Hadingley, 31 and 26 in Edgbaston and 40 and 14 in Lord’s.
