Karun Nair hit a splendid century for India A in their first match of the two-game unoffical Test tour against England Lions at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, on Friday. Nair, who was earlier included in India's squad for the upcoming 5-match series against England, has warmed up nicely with a sturdy knock. He reached his century in the 60th over. Nair came to bat early on for India A after the dismissal of Abhimanyu Easwaran (12/1). After sharing 39 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nair and Sarfaraz Khan floored England Lions before the latter got out. Nair and Sarfaraz added 181 runs for the 3rd wicket. Sarfaraz got dismissed in the 3rd session. It has been a knock of substance from Nair's blade. Playing his 19th match (31 innings), Nair surpassed 1,000 runs in First-Class Cricket for India A enroute to his ton. He is the 12th batter to clock 1,000-plus runs for India A in the longest format. Meanwhile, this was Nair's 2nd century for India A. He also owns 7 fifties. Nair also went past 150 fours in India A colors in FC cricket. As per ESPNcricinfo, Nair came to this match with 114 FC matches and 8,211 runs under his belt. He has now gone past 8,300 runs, slamming his 23rd ton in the format. He also has 36 fifties in addition. Nair had a dream Ranji Trophy 2024/25 season for Vidarbha, helping his side win the title. He managed 863 runs from 9 matches (16 innings) at an average of 53.93. In addition to 4 tons, he slammed two fifties. He was the 2nd-highest scorer for Vidarbha with Yash Rathod topping the list with 960 runs at 53.33.