On Wednesday, the young Mumbai opener Yashasvi Jaiswal rewrote the history books by becoming the youngest batsman in the world to score a double century in List A cricket. At 17 years and 292 days, Yashasvi scored 203 runs during the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A match between Mumbai and Jharkhand. His 154-ball knock in which he smashed 17 fours and 12 sixes, helped Mumbai post 358/3 at the KSCA Cricket Ground.

This was his third century in the ongoing tournament. He has amassed as many as 585 runs from five matches and is also the leading run-scorer of Vijay Hazare Trophy, taking over from Tamil Nadu’s Baba Aparajith. With this feat, Yashasvi has also become the seventh Indian cricketer to score a double century in List A cricket. 

Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma (thrice), Shikhar Dhawan, KV Kaushal, and Sanju Samson are the other Indian cricketers who have scored double hundreds in List A cricket.

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Sanju last week scored a double century in the ongoing tournament when he played a scintillating 212-run knock for Kerala against Goa on October 12. Jharkhand gave a good account of themselves in the chase but they lost by 38 runs. Saurabh Tiwary set the platform with a 78-ball 77 but it was Virat Singh’s 77-ball 100 that kept the chase alive. 

In the very next ground at Alur 3, there was another teenager showcasing his prowess – Karnataka’s Devdutt Padikkal. The left-handed opener notched up his second consecutive century and in the process ensured Karnataka finish as the top team among Group A and B. 

Kerala has had an up and down season but not Vishnu Vinod who is now the second-highest run-scorer of the season. The right-handed opener recorded his third hundred of the competition and converted it into his career-best score. Kerala’s bowlers bundled out Andhra to 230 in their 50 overs. 

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Venkatesh Iyer’s unbeaten 109 topped Rajesh Bishnoi’s 104 as Madhya Pradesh beat Rajasthan by 6 wickets. Rajasthan found themselves in trouble at 82 for 4 after having elected to bat and they were bailed out by Bishnoi’s effort from number six. However, his innings went in vain as Iyer got good support from his partners and saw the chase through with three overs to spare.