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.
1/10:Yashasvi Jaiswal hits maiden Test double hundred
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2/10:Yashasvi Jaiswal
<p>On 191, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit two successive deliveries by England debutant Shoaib Bashir for a six and a four to get to his maiden Test double hundred. </p>PTI
3/10:6 Tests old
<p>Playing only his sixth Test, the 22-year-old's sensational knock took India to 375/7 on Day 2 of the second Test in Visakhapatnam. </p>PTI
4/10:Innings across 4 sessions
<p>Jaiswal hit 19 fours and 7 sixes in an innings that spanned across four sessions as the young opener almost single-handedly kept India's first innings together. </p>PTI
5/10:3rd youngest Indian
<p>Jaiswal became the third youngest Indian to score a double hundred in Test cricket after Vinod Kambli and the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. </p>AFP
6/10:3rd fastest double ton
<p>Jaiswal reached the milestone off 277 balls and it was the third fastest Test double hundred against England, after West Indies' Gordon Greenidge (232 balls) in 1984 and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (254 balls) in 1998. </p>AP
7/10:Run machine
<p>In six Tests and 10 innings so far, Jaiswal has scored 620 runs in 10 innings at an average of 62.00. </p>AFP
8/10:4th Indian left-hander
<p>Jaiswal is also the fourth Indian left-handed batter to hit a double hundred in Test cricket after Kambli, Gautam Gambhir (2006) and Sourav Ganguly (2007). </p>Reuters
9/10:Maiden 200 for India
<p>Jaiswal took 10 Test innings to hit a maiden 200 for India. The fastest Indian is Karun Nair who took just 3 innings to get the mark. </p>Reuters
10/10:Highest score in WTC
<p>Jaiswal's 209 is the highest score in the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle and he is the fifth Indian to score a double century in the WTC so far. </p>Getty ImagesBefore 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.
