IND-ENG: Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes 3rd youngest Indian to hit double ton

Yashasvi Jaiswal became the third youngest Indian batter to score a double century in a Test match. Jaiswal hit his maiden century in longest format of cricket on Day 2 of India vs England 2nd Test at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Saturday (February 3). 

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Vinod Kambli is the youngest Indian batter to hit a double century. Kambli was 21 years and 32 days old when he hit a century against England at Wankhede Stadium on February 19, 1993. Sunil Gavaskar is the second Indian in the list.

 

Youngest Indian to score a double century in Test cricket
Age	Batter	Opposition	Venue	Year
21 years, 35 days	Vinod Kambli	England	Mumbai (WS)	1993
21 years, 55 days	Vinod Kambli	Zimbabave	Delhi	1993
21 years, 283 days	Sunil Gavaskar	West Indies	Port of Spain	1971
22 years, 37 days	Yashasvi Jaiswal	England	Visakhapatnam	2024

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Youngest batter to score double ton in history of Test cricket

Pakistani legend Javed Miandad is the youngest batter in the history of Test cricket to score a double century.

	Player	Country	Born	Match	Ground	Age at Match Start	Score
1	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	12/06/1957	30/10/1976 v. New Zealand	National Stadium (Karachi)	19 years 140 days	206
2	G A Headley	West Indies	30/05/1909	03/04/1930 v. England	Sabina Park	20 years 308 days	223
3	V G Kambli	India	18/01/1972	19/02/1993 v. England	Wankhede Stadium	21 years 32 days	224
4	G S A Sobers	West Indies	28/07/1936	26/02/1958 v. Pakistan	Sabina Park	21 years 213 days	365*
5	G C Smith	South Africa	01/02/1981	18/10/2002 v. Bangladesh	Buffalo Park	21 years 259 days	200
6	D P M D Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	27/05/1977	24/02/1999 v. India	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	21 years 273 days	242
7	S M Gavaskar	India	10/07/1949	13/04/1971 v. West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	21 years 277 days	220
8	K C Brathwaite*	West Indies	01/12/1992	05/09/2014 v. Bangladesh	Arnos Vale Ground	21 years 278 days	212
9	D G Bradman	Australia	27/08/1908	27/06/1930 v. England	Lord's	21 years 304 days	254
10	J A Rudolph	South Africa	04/05/1981	24/04/2003 v. Bangladesh	MA Aziz Stadium	21 years 355 days	222*
11	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	28/12/2001	3/2/2024 v. Englandv	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	21 years 37 days	201*
11	L Hutton	England	23/06/1916	20/08/1938 v. Australia	Kennington Oval	22 years 58 days	364
12	D I Gower	England	01/04/1957	12/07/1979 v. India	Edgbaston	22 years 102 days	200*
13	Z Crawley*	England	03/02/1998	21/08/2020 v. Pakistan	The Rose Bowl	22 years 200 days	267
14	C H Gayle*	West Indies	21/09/1979	28/06/2002 v. New Zealand	National Cricket Stadium (Grenada)	22 years 280 days	204
15	R G Pollock	South Africa	27/02/1944	31/12/1966 v. Australia	Newlands	22 years 307 days	209
16	W J Edrich	England	26/03/1916	03/03/1939 v. South Africa	Kingsmead	22 years 342 days	219
17	R B Kanhai	West Indies	26/12/1935	31/12/1958 v. India	Eden Gardens	23 years 5 days	256
18	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	21/12/1934	17/01/1958 v. West Indies	Kensington Oval	23 years 27 days	337