
Karun Nair, Virat Kohli to Vinod Kambli: Indian batter to score double century against England in a Test match
A four-day unofficial Test match is being played between England Lions and India-A. In this match, Karun Nair has scored a brilliant double century. In his innings, Nair hit 26 fours and a six in 272 balls. Let us tell you that Sarfaraz Khan also played an innings of 92 runs in this match. But Dhruv Jurel missed the century and an innings of 94 runs came out of his bat.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the Indian batsman who has scored the most double centuries in Tests against England. He has scored two double centuries in Tests against England.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored both double centuries in Tests against England in the year 2024.
Karun Nair scored a double century in the Test match against England in 2016, when he scored 303 runs.
Virat Kohli scored a double century in the Test match against England in 2016, when he scored 235 runs. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Vinod Kambli scored a double century in the Test match against England in 1993, when he scored 224 runs.
Gundappa Vishwanath scored a double century in the Test match against England in 1982, when he scored 222 runs.
Sunil Gavaskar scored a double century in a Test match against England in 1979, when he scored 221 runs. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Rahul Dravid scored a double century in a Test match against England in 2002, when he scored 214 runs.
Cheteshwar Pujara has also scored a double century in a Test match against England. He scored 206 runs in a Test match against England in 2012.
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