Yashasvi Jaiswal scores two Test double centuries and becomes the third-youngest batter to do so
During his side’s third Test against England in Rajkot on Sunday, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became the third-youngest batter to score two Test double hundreds. The left-handed opener, who scored his first 200 against England earlier in this series, is only behind India’s Vinod Kambli and Australian legend Don Bradman in this elite list.
Yashasvi got to the landmark figure with a single to the cover region against off-spinner Joe Root. With this, he also became the third Indian to score 200 in a back-to-back test, after Kambli and Virat Kohli. The 22-year-old was at his brutal best against England, with the left-handed hitting a record-equalling 12 sixes in the innings.
Kambli became the youngest to two double hundreds in 1993, when he went past 200-run mark against Zimbabwe in Delhi, 22 days after he did the same against England at the Wankhede.
Bradman’s had achieved the feat with back-to-back double hundreds against England in 1930 in the span of 14 days. He would add another 200 to his tally 36 days later, again against England.