Out-of-favour Indian batter and Delhi Capitals' recruit for IPL 2025, Karun Nair broke the List A record for most runs between two dismissals during the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) on Friday (January 3), as he posted his fourth century of the competition.

Nair slammed 112 in 101 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, sharing a stand with another centurion in the form of Yash Rathod (138* in 140 balls, with 15 fours and a six), to help Vidarbha chase down 308 set by UP, who rode on a fine century from Sameer Rizwi (105 in 82 balls, with five fours and seven sixes).

After the ton during Vidarbha's match against Uttar Pradesh, Nair has made 542 runs in five innings at a mind-boggling average of 542.00, with four centuries in five innings and the best score of 163*. His strike rate is an unbelievable 163*.

Between his last dismissal in List A cricket over a year ago against Karnataka for just five runs in VHT and this dismissal, Nair has scored a total of 542 runs, a new record, as per Wisden. Nair's scores in the last five innings read - 112*, 44*, 163*, 111*, 112.

The record for most List A runs between two dismissals was held by James Franklin of New Zealand, who made a total of 527 runs (scores of 70*, 45*, 77*, 108*, 72*, 98*, 17* and 40) for Gloucestershire, New Zealand and Wellington between August 2010 and January 2011.

Other prominent names in the list are: Joshua van Heerden (512), Fakhar Zaman (455) and Taufeeq Umar (422), making up the top five achievers in this category for most runs without being dismissed in List A cricket.

Nair, who has a triple century to his name in Test cricket, has gone out of reckoning with the national side, but has been among the runs in the domestic circuit since he moved to Vidharba last season. He has also been the top run-getter in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament over the last two editions.

The 33-year-old also returned to the Indian Premier League after going unsold in IPL auctions for two seasons. The former Karnataka batter was recently acquired by the Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakh in the IPL 2025 mega auction.