In the ongoing 2nd Test match between India vs England at Visakhapatnam, Yashasvi Jaiswal entered the record books by smashing a double century (209) against England and helped his team to post a huge total of 396 runs on board. Here, in this article, we will look at the list of batters who have scored a double century for India in Test cricket.
List of batsman to have recorded a double century in Test cricket for India:
- Polly Umrigar (One time)
- Vinoo Mankad (Two times)
- M.A.K Pataudi (One time)
- Dilip Sardesai (Two times)
- Sunil Gavaskar (Four times)
- Gundappa Viswanath (One time)
- Anshuman Gaekwad (One time)
- Sanjay Manjrekar (One time)
- Ravi Shastri (One time)
- Vinod Kambli (Two times)
- Navjot Singh Sidhu (One time)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Six times)
- Rahul Dravid (Five times)
- VVS Laxman (Two times)
- Virender Sehwag (Six times)
- Wasim Jaffer (Two times)
- Sourav Ganguly (One time)
- Gautam Gambhir (One time)
- Cheteshwar Pujara (Three times)
- MS Dhoni (One time)
- Virat Kohli (Seven times)
- Karun Nair (One time)
- Mayank Agarwal (Two times)
- Rohit Sharma (One time)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (One time)
Yashasvi Jaiswal became the 25th batsman to record a double century for India in Test cricket.
Highest score by a left-hand batsman for India in Test cricket:
- Sourav Ganguly - 239 vs Pakistan in Bengaluru, 2007
- Vinod Kambli - 227 vs Zimbabwe in Delhi, 1993
- Vinod Kambli - 224 vs England in Mumbai(WS), 1993
- Yashasvi Jaiswal - 209 vs England in Visakhapatnam, 2024
- Gautam Gambhir - 206 vs Australia in Delhi, 2008
