It's crazy, almost surreal: Karun Nair on Vijay Hazare run with bat

Karun Nair has reminded the cricketing world of his hunger for runs with a record-breaking Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign.

- Samreen Razzaqui

NEW DELHI: It was a campaign mammoth enough to propel Vidarbha into the final and even get Sachin Tendulkar to take note of his performances.

"It feels very satisfying and I'm proud of myself. Vidarbha couldn't go all the way, which would have been icing on the cake," Nair told HT. "But individually, I am very happy with how I'm batting. I would like to keep going this way and score a mountain of runs."

Nair was averaging a whopping 752 before his dream run ended against Karnataka. Nair sits pretty at the top of the scorers list with 779 runs in eight innings at an average of 389.50. Before his dismissal for 112 against Uttar Pradesh, Nair had also set a new List A record of scoring 542 runs without being dismissed. He scored five centuries in eight innings.