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Karnataka's third first-class triple centurion, after KL Rahul and Karun Nair, thanks selectors for backing him despite bagging a pair in the previous gameAkshay Gopalakrishnan03-Nov-2017Mayank Agarwal struck his maiden first-class triple-century, and the 50th on…