Pujara joined some of the greats of the sport with his feat.
A dynamic India red-ball batter, Cheteshwar Pujara scripted a milestone earlier today by slamming a double century in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024-25 during the match between Saurashtra and Chhattisgarh.
The 36-year-old slammed 234 runs in his second match of the season, comprising 25 fours and a six.
In the process, Pujara joined the likes of Bradman and other greats of the sport. The Indian climbed to the fourth spot on the overall list of most double centuries in first-class cricket with 18 tons, leaving behind former England cricketers Herbert Sutcliffe and Mark Ramprakash, who both have 17 first-class centuries to their names.
In light of Pujara’s recent landmark, we take a look at the top 4 cricketers who have registered the most double hundred in first-class cricket.
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Australian legendary batter Donald Bradman tops the list for the most double centuries in first-class cricket. Bradman has slammed an astonishing 37 double tons where he hit twelve for Australia in Test matches out of which seven has come for touring Australian sides. Eight of the remaining 25 came while playing for New South Wales, eight for South Australia, one for WM Woodfull’s XI and one for DG Bradman’s XI. Notably, Bradman achieved the feat in 234 matches.
England’s Wally Hammond, who played from 1920-51, has amassed a total of 36 double centuries and ranks second on the list. Hammonds got the record in as many as 634 matches – seven for England in Test matches, twenty-four for Gloucestershire, five for touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) sides.
Patsy Hendren is the second Englishman on the list with a total of 22 double tons. Hendren took 833 games to achieve the feat across a playing career that spanned between 1907-1938. Hendren’s tally includes one for England in a Test match, four for touring MCC sides, fifteen for Middlesex and two for MCC.
Cheteshwar Pujara is the only Indian cricketer to feature in the list with a total tally of 18 double tons. Pujara has been one of the biggest names in red-ball cricket in India’s domestic circuit and for the national team as well till late. The talented right-hander completed his 18 in only 261 matches and has the chance of overtaking other greats in this list. Pujara got three for India in Test matches, two for India A, one for India Blue in the Duleep Trophy final, nine for Saurashtra and three for Sussex.
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