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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Mumbai teen smashes world record! October 17, 2019 10:01 IST At 17 years, 292 days, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest player ever to score a double hundred in men's List A cricket, points out Rajneesh Gupta.

Yashasvi Jaiswal
Mumbai teenager Yashasvi Jaiswal -- having already scored two centuries in his maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament -- established a new world record when he scored 203 off just 154 balls against Jharkhand.
In doing so, Yashasvi became the youngest player ever to score a double century in men's List A cricket (one day matches of at least 40 overs duration) at the age of 17 years, 292 days.
The previous record was held by South African Alan Barrow.
Youngest to score a double century in List A cricket
AGEPLAYERSCOREFORVSVENUEDATE
17y 292dYashasvi Jaiswal203MumbaiJharkhandAlur16-10-2019
20y 275dAlan Barrow202*NatalSA XIDurban25-10-1975
21y 20dMitchell van Buuren200GautengWestern ProvinceJo'burg10-02-2019
21y 280dTravis Head202South AustraliaWestern AustraliaSydney05-10-2015
21y 282dBen Duckett220*England LionsSri Lanka ACanterbury25-07-2016
22y 103dMohammad Ali207Pakistan CustomsDHASialkot04-04-2005
23y 31dRavi Bopara201*EssexLeicestershireLeicester04-06-2008
23y 131dKhalid Latif204*Karachi DolphinsQuetta BearsKarachi15-03-2009
24y 335dSanju Samson212*KeralaGoaAlur12-10-2019
25y 241dPhil Hughes202*Australia ASouth Africa ADarwin29-07-2014

Yashasvi Jaiswal
IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jwala Singh/Facebook

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