‘Lonely’ Virender Sehwag Welcomes Karun Nair to the 300 Club

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took to Twitter to congratulate Karun Nair for scoring a triple century.

Karun Nair scored an outstanding 303 in his third Test match to become only the second Indian after Virender Sehwag to notch up a triple century. Sehwag, who scored 319 against South Africa in 2008 and 309 against Pakistan in 2004, welcomed the young Karnataka lad to the 300 club with a tweet.

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Yay ! Welcome to the 300 club @karun126 .
It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 months.
Wish you the very best Karun.Maza aa gaya!

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 19, 2016

Tweets poured in from around the world congratulating the young cricketer.

Congratulations on the historic triple century @karun126! We all are delighted & proud of your remarkable feat.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 19, 2016

What a day 4 India at Chepauk. @karun126 heartiest congratulations on this marvelous 300. 2nd Indian to achieve after @virendersehwag @BCCI

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) December 19, 2016

Not a bad way to announce yourself into international cricket .#KarunNair Wish you many more runs

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016

@karun126 WOW!!! 303 not out. So proud of my old @rajasthanroyals mate. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻And my @RCBTweets teammate @klrahul11 199 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #INDvENG

— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) December 19, 2016

What an effort 300🔝 @karun126 👏👏👏👏👏👏 keep rocking..His first test hundred and that's 300 not out.God bless @BCCI #INDvENG looks like 4-0🤘

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 19, 2016

Take a bow @karun126 quality triple 💯, India never short of batting talent, another emerges! #INDvENG

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) December 19, 2016

A brilliantly paced knock by a really talented young batsman! Congratulations @karun126 on a truly splendid knock! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/qm2nXbv9yd

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) December 19, 2016

Now that's what we call amaze balls!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 well done kulla @karun126 !! Amazing stuff pal!! Super proud of you!!😊😊👍🏽👍🏽

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) December 19, 2016

Congratulations @karun126 . Scoring 300 not an easy thing.
Wish you the very best .

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 19, 2016

Wow!! Well done Karun Nair on his 303no. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻@virendersehwag is Chairman of this club! https://t.co/metKrOsQms

— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) December 19, 2016

Many congratulations to @karun126 for a brilliant triple century. One of the finest knocks you will see from a young man. Special innings 👏

— Manoj Tiwary (@tiwarymanoj) December 19, 2016