Yashasvi Jaiswal Looks To Create History & Becomes 1st Player To...

Star Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal will be in action for India B in the Duleep Trophy 2024 match against India A on Thursday (September 5). During the match against the Shubman Gill-led side, which is set to take place at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the 22-year-old left-handed batter will have a chance to create history and become the first batter in the tournament’s history to hit three double centuries.

Jaiswal, who made his Test debut for India against the West Indies in Dominica last year, has scored two double centuries for West Zone in three Duleep Trophy matches played so far. Both of his double centuries came during the 2022 edition of the premier domestic tournament.

Jaiswal made 228 runs from 321 balls in the quarterfinal match played against North East Zone in Chennai (September 8-11) and then amassed a total of 265 runs from 323 balls in the final played against South Zone in Coimbatore (September 21-25).

A total of six batters have twice scored a double century in the Duleep Trophy. Arun Lal was the first batter to achieve the feat. He scored 214 and 287 runs for East Zone in the 1986 edition of the tournament. Lalchand Rajput joined him in the elite list by scoring 275 runs for West Zone against Central Zone in the 1987 edition. His first double century (221) for West Zone was against North Zone in the 1985 edition.

Dinesh Mongia scored two double centuries (201 and 208) for North Zone in the 2001 Duleep Trophy, and Yuvraj Singh hammered 209 and 208 runs for North Zone in 2002 and 2012, respectively.

Players to score two double centuries in Duleep Trophy

Karnataka batter Manish Pandey, who never got a chance to play Test cricket for India, scored 218 runs for South Zone against Central Zone in 2011 and 213 runs for Central Zone against West Zone in 2013.

Jaiswal, who is the fastest Indian batter in history to score 1000 runs in Test cricket, was in red-hot form in the last Test series for India. In five matches against England at home earlier this year, he amassed a total of 712 runs, which is a record for most runs scored by an Indian batter in Test series against England.