Twin brothers from Tamilnadu – B Aparajith and B Indrajit – entered the record books of Duleep Trophy as twin brothers to score double century in the history of Duleep Trophy. B Aparajit had scored 212 for South Zone against West Zone at Chennai in Oct 2013. B Indrajit emulated him by scoring 200 for India Red against India Blue at Kanpur in Sep 2017

The twib brothers were born 26 minutes apart to Dr.TN Baba couples who was the former Media Manager of  the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	B Aparajith	212	South Zone	v West Zone	Chennai	03 Oct 2013
2	B Indrajith	200	India Red	v India Blue	Kanpur	13 Sep 2017

 

B Indrajith’s 200 provide the 46^th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century in Duleep Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below. Hanumanth Singh has the credit of scoring the first every double century in the Duleep Trophy.

He scored 210 for Central Zone against South Zone at Lal Bahadur Shastry Grounds Hyderabad in Nov 1964

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Hanumant Singh	210	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyd-LBS	14 Nov 1964
2	AL Wadekar	229	West Zone	v East Zone	Kolkata	04 Feb 1965
3	AA Baig	224*	South Zone	v North Zone	Delhi	29 Oct 1966
4	MAK Pataudi	200	South Zone	v West Zone	Mumbai (BS)	28 Oct 1967
5	SM Gavaskar	228	West Zone	v South Zone	Vadodara	30 Oct 1976
6	M Amarnath	207	North Zone	v East Zone	Mumbai (BS)	08 Oct 1982
7	M Azharuddin	226	South Zone	v Central Zone	Jamadoba	06 Jan 1984
8	LS Rajput	221	West Zone	v North Zone	Trivandrum	11 Oct 1985
9	J Arun Lal	214	East Zone	v Central Zone	Pune	20 Oct 1986
10	J Arun Lal	287	East Zone	v West Zone	Pune	25 Oct 1986
11	SV Manjrekar	278	West Zone	v Central Zone	Nagpur	15 Oct 1987
12	LS Rajput	275	West Zone	v Central Zone	Nagpur	15 Oct 1987
13	R Lamba	320	North Zone	v West Zone	Bhilai	21 Oct 1987
14	AD Gaekwad	216	West Zone	v North Zone	Bhilai	21 Oct 1987
15	PK Amre	240*	Central Zone	v North Zone	Visakhapatnam	30 Dec 1989
16	RB Parikh	218	West Zone	v South Zone	Bengaluru	30 Dec 1989
17	VG Kambli	208	West Zone	v East Zone	Mumbai	15 Jan 1992
18	V Yadav	201	North Zone	v South Zone	Surat	15 Jan 1992
19	A Jadeja	264	North Zone	v Central Zone	Vadodara	10 Oct 1993
20	AK Sharma	202	North Zone	v Central Zone	Guwahati	03 Nov 1994
21	SS Bhave	292	West Zone	v South Zone	Rourkela	30 Nov 1994
22	WV Raman	250*	South Zone	v West Zone	Rourkela	30 Nov 1994
23	Bantoo Singh	214	North Zone	v East Zone	Kolkata	30 Nov 1994
24	SS Karim	200*	East Zone	v West Zone	Nagpur	21 Oct 1995
25	AA Muzumdar	209	West Zone	v North Zone	Indore	19 Nov 1995
26	V Sehwag	274	North Zone	v South Zone	Agartala	01 Dec 1999
27	D Mongia	201	North Zone	v South Zone	Vijayawada	04 Jan 2001
28	VVS Laxman	217	South Zone	v West Zone	Surat	18 Jan 2001
29	D Mongia	208	North Zone	v Central Zone	Delhi	25 Jan 2001
30	GK Khoda	300*	Central Zone	v South Zone	Panaji	01 Feb 2001
31	Yuvraj Singh	209	North Zone	v South Zone	Faridabad	12 Mar 2002
32	V Rathour	249	North Zone	v East Zone	Delhi	26 Mar 2002
33	Y Venugopal Rao	228*	South Zone	v England A	Gurgaon	21 Feb 2004
34	A Chopra	205*	North Zone	v East Zone	Rajkot	11 Feb 2008
35	M Manhas	205*	North Zone	v East Zone	Rajkot	11 Feb 2008
36	S Badrinath	200	South Zone	v North Zone	Rajkot	29 Jan 2009
37	M Kaif	202*	Central Zone	v East Zone	Amritsar	19 Jan 2010
38	AM Nayar	259	West Zone	v North Zone	Rajkot	26 Jan 2010
39	YK Pathan	210*	West Zone	v South Zone	Hyd-RGS	02 Feb 2010
40	MK Pandey	218	South Zone	v Central Zone	Hyd-RGS	26 Jan 2011
41	Yuvraj Singh	208	North Zone	v Central Zone	Hyd-RGS	14 Oct 2012
42	MK Pandey	213	South Zone	v West Zone	Chennai	03 Oct 2013
43	B Aparajith	212	South Zone	v West Zone	Chennai	03 Oct 2013
44	NV Ojha	217	Central Zone	v North Zone	Mohali	22 Oct 2014
45	CA Pujara	256*	India Blue	v India Red	Greater Noida	10 Sep 2016
46	B Indrajith	200	India Red	v India Blue	Kanpur	13 Sep 2017

 

D Monga, J Arunlal, LS Rajput, MK Pandey and Yuvraj Singh are the five batsmen who have scored double centuries on two occasions  in Duleep Trophy. Their performance is listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	1	D Mongia	201	North Zone	v South Zone	Vijayawada	04 Jan 2001
	2	D Mongia	208	North Zone	v Central Zone	Delhi	25 Jan 2001
2	1	J Arun Lal	214	East Zone	v Central Zone	Pune	20 Oct 1986
	2	J Arun Lal	287	East Zone	v West Zone	Pune	25 Oct 1986
3	1	LS Rajput	221	West Zone	v North Zone	Trivandrum	11 Oct 1985
	2	LS Rajput	275	West Zone	v Central Zone	Nagpur	15 Oct 1987
4	1	MK Pandey	218	South Zone	v Central Zone	Hyd-RGS	26 Jan 2011
	2	MK Pandey	213	South Zone	v West Zone	Chennai	03 Oct 2013
5	1	Yuvraj Singh	209	North Zone	v South Zone	Faridabad	12 Mar 2002
	2	Yuvraj Singh	208	North Zone	v Central Zone	Hyd-RGS	14 Oct 2012

 

D Mongia and J Arunlal are the two batsmen to score two double centuries in the same season. J Arunlal was the first batsman to accomplish the feat in 1986 and D Mongia emulated him in 2001.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	1	D Mongia	201	North Zone	v South Zone	Vijayawada	04 Jan 2001
	2	D Mongia	208	North Zone	v Central Zone	Delhi	25 Jan 2001
2	1	J Arun Lal	214	East Zone	v Central Zone	Pune	20 Oct 1986
	2	J Arun Lal	287	East Zone	v West Zone	Pune	25 Oct 1986

 

MAK Pataudi, S Badrinath, B Indrajith and SS Karim are the four batsmen who have scored exact 200 runs in the tournament. SS Karim remains the only batsman to score 200 and remain not out. The performance of these four batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	MAK Pataudi	200	South Zone	v West Zone	Mumbai (BS)	28 Oct 1967
2	S Badrinath	200	South Zone	v North Zone	Rajkot	29 Jan 2009
3	B Indrajith	200	India Red	v India Blue	Kanpur	13 Sep 2017
4	SS Karim	200*	East Zone	v West Zone	Nagpur	21 Oct 1995

 

R Lamba and GK Khoda are the two batsmen who have score triple century in the tournament. R Lamba’s 320 for North Zone against West Zone at Bhilai in Oct 87 is the highest individual score by a batsman in Duleep Trophy. The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	R Lamba	320	North Zone	v West Zone	Bhilai	21 Oct 1987
2	GK Khoda	300*	Central Zone	v South Zone	Panaji	01 Feb 2001