NEW DELHI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal
was on 191 when
Ravichandran Ashwin
fell to
James Anderson
early on Day 2 of the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
The next man in,
Kuldeep Yadav
just managed to play out the three deliveries from the seasoned England pacer, with
Jaiswal
watching from the other end.
England debutant
Shoaib Bashir
bowled the next over and the Indian opener wasted no time in smashing the first two deliveries for a six and a four respectively to get to his maiden double hundred.
The BCCI shared a video of the moment on X:
Jaiswal was unbeaten on 179 on Day 1 leading India's innings after the hosts elected to bat.
Playing only his sixth Test, the 22-year-old's sensational knock took India to 375 for 7 in 102 overs.
Jaiswal, thus, became the third youngest Indian to score a double hundred in Test cricket.
Vinod Kambli
holds the record of being the youngest Indian to score a double century against England at the age of 21 years and 335 days back in 1993.
The record for the second youngest Indian double centurion in Test is also held by Kambli, who scored his second successive double ton against Zimbabwe at the age 21 years and 355 days.
Before Kambli, the record was held by the legendary
Sunil Gavaskar
who scored his maiden ton in West Indies back in 1971.
Jaiswal is also the fourth Indian left-handed batter to hit a double hundred in Test cricket.
Jaiswal fell for 209 and Anderson took 3/47 as England bowled out India for 396 in their first innings on Day 2.
India are trailing 0-1 in the ongoing five-match series.
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