MA Agarwal of India scored 243 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Indore on his first appearance. Prior to this knock, he had scored 215 against South Africa at Vishakhapatnam in October 2019 on his first appearance. He became the 23^rd opening batsman in the annals of Test cricket to score two or more double centuries. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MS Atapattu	223	1	Srl	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
	2	MS Atapattu	216*	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
	3	MS Atapattu	207*	1	Srl	Pak	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
	4	MS Atapattu	201*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Feb 2001
	5	MS Atapattu	201	2	Srl	Ban	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001
	6	MS Atapattu	249	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
2	1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
	2	V Sehwag	201	2	Ind	Pak	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005
	3	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
	4	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
	5	V Sehwag	201*	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
	6	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
3	1	AN Cook	235*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
	2	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
	3	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
	4	AN Cook	243	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
	5	AN Cook	244*	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
4	1	GC Smith	200	1	SAF	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002
	2	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
	3	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
	4	GC Smith	232	1	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
	5	GC Smith	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
5	1	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
	2	L Hutton	206	2	Eng	NZl	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
	3	L Hutton	202*	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
	4	L Hutton	205	2	Eng	Win	Kingston	30 Mar 1954
6	1	CG Greenidge	214*	4	Win	Eng	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
	2	CG Greenidge	223	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	26 Jul 1984
	3	CG Greenidge	213	1	Win	NZl	Auckland	27 Feb 1987
	4	CG Greenidge	226	3	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
7	1	SM Gavaskar	220	3	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
	2	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
	3	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
8	1	CH Gayle	204	2	Win	NZl	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
	2	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
	3	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
9	1	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
	2	ST Jayasuriya	213	2	Srl	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
	3	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
10	1	G Kirsten	210	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
	2	G Kirsten	275	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
	3	G Kirsten	220	1	SAF	Zim	Harare	07 Sep 2001
11	1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
	2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	3	RB Simpson	225	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
12	1	MA Agarwal	215	1	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
	2	MA Agarwal	243	2	Ind	Ban	Indore	14 Nov 2019
13	1	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
	2	DL Amiss	203	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
14	1	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dubai (DSC)	13 Oct 2016
	2	Azhar Ali	205*	1	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
15	1	HH Gibbs	211*	2	SAF	NZl	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999
	2	HH Gibbs	228	1	SAF	Pak	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
16	1	ML Hayden	203	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
	2	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth0	09 Oct 2003
17	1	W Jaffer	212	3	Ind	Win	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
	2	W Jaffer	202	1	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
18	1	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
	2	JL Langer	215	1	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004
19	1	WM Lawry	210	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	2	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
20	1	BB McCullum	225	3	NZl	Ind	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
	2	BB McCullum	202	2	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
21	1	MH Mankad	223	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1955
	2	MH Mankad	231	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
22	1	MA Taylor	219	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
	2	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
23	1	GM Turner	223*	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
	2	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972

MA Agarwal of India scored 243 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Indore on his first appearance. Prior to this knock he had scored 215 against South Africa at Vishakhapatnam in October 2019 on his first appearance. He became the fifth Indian opening batsman in the annals of Test cricket to score two or more double centuries. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
	2	V Sehwag	201	2	Ind	Pak	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005
	3	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
	4	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
	5	V Sehwag	201*	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
	6	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
2	1	SM Gavaskar	220	3	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
	2	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
	3	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
3	1	MA Agarwal	215	1	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
	2	MA Agarwal	243	2	Ind	Ban	Indore	14 Nov 2019
4	1	W Jaffer	212	3	Ind	Win	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
	2	W Jaffer	202	1	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
5	1	MH Mankad	223	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1955
	2	MH Mankad	231	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956