The Ranji Trophy final witnessed a rare moment when Aditya Sarwate, a long-time Vidarbha player until last season, dismissed Karun Nair, a batter with deep Malayali roots, while representing Kerala. Nair,

During the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, Nair is the fourth-highest run-getter with 863 runs at an average of 53.93 in 16 innings with four centuries and two fifties

Karun Nair now has 860 runs to his name from the season, with four hundreds, in the Ranji Trophy, to add to the 779 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with five hundreds.