Batsmen who have scored a double century or triple century on the first appearance against specific opposition

Batsmen who have scored a double century or triple century on the first appearance against specific opposition

MA Agarwal of India scored 243 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Indore on his first appearance to provide the 33rd occasion of a batsman scoring a double century or triple century on the first appearance against specific opposition. The following table lists all such occasions in the descending order of the runs scored

No Player Team Runs FI Oppn Venue Season  
1 Hayden ML Aus 380 FI Zim Perth 2003 04
2 Hanif Mohammad Pak 337 SI Win Bridgetown 1957 58
3 Sehwag V Ind 309 FI Pak Multan 2003 04
4 Foster RE Eng 287 FI Aus Sydney 1903 04
5 Smith GC SAF 277 FI Eng Edgbaston 2003    
6 Zaheer Abbas Pak 274 FI Eng Edgbaston 1971    
7 Agarwal MA Ind 243 FI Ban Indore 2019 20
8 Boycott G Eng 246* FI Ind Headingley 1967    
9 Richards IVA Win 232 FI Eng Trent Bridge 1976    
10 Sangakkara KC Srl 230 FI Pak Lahore 2001 02
11 Kambli VG Ind 227 FI Zim Delhi 1992 93
12 Bradman DG Aus 226 FI SAF Brisbane 1931 32
13 Umrigar PR Ind 223 FI NZl Hyd-LBS 1955 56
14 Atapattu MS Srl 223 FI Zim Kandy 1997 98
15 Rudolph JA SAF 222* FI Ban Chittagong 2002 03
16 Key RWT Eng 221 FI Win Lord’s 2004    
17 Slater MJ Aus 219 FI Srl Perth 1995 96
18 Agarwal MA Ind 215 FI SAF Vishakapatnam 2019 20
19 Rowe LG Win 214 FI NZl Kingston 1971 72
20 Blewett GS Aus 214 FI SAF Wanderers 1996 97
21 Sinclair MS NZl 214 FI Win Wellington 1999 00
22 Jones DM Aus 210 FI Ind Chepauk 1986 87
23 Qasim Omar Pak 206 FI Srl Faisalabad 1985 86
24 de Silva PA Srl 206 FI Ban Col-PSS 2002    
25 Pujara CA Ind 206* FI Eng Motera 2012 13
26 Chappell GS Aus 204 FI Ind Sydney 1980 81
27 Trott IJL Eng 203 FI Srl Cardiff 2011    
28 Hodge BJ Aus 203* SI SAF Perth 2005 06
29 Atapattu MS Srl 201 FI Ban Col-SSC 2001 02
30 Kuruppu DSBP Srl 201* FI NZl Col-CCC 1986 87
31 Smith GC SAF 200 FI Ban East London 2002 03
32 Gower DI Eng 200* FI Ind Edgbaston 1979    
33 Root JE Eng 200* FI Srl Lord’s 2014  

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Runs FI Oppn Venue Season  
1 Sehwag V Ind 309 FI Pak Multan 2003 04
2 Kambli VG Ind 227 FI Zim Delhi 1992 93
3 Umrigar PR Ind 223 FI NZl Hyd-LBS 1955 56
4 Agarwal MA Ind 215 FI SAF Vishakapatnam 2019 20
5 Pujara CA Ind 206* FI Eng Motera 2012 13
6 Agarwal MA Ind 243 FI Ban Indore 2019 20

It also provides the fifth occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Runs FI Oppn Venue Season  
1 Agarwal MA Ind 243 FI Ban Indore 2019 20
2 Rudolph JA SAF 222* FI Ban Chittagong 2002 03
3 de Silva PA Srl 206 FI Ban Col-PSS 2002    
4 Atapattu MS Srl 201 FI Ban Col-SSC 2001 02
5 Smith GC SAF 200 FI Ban East London 2002 03

GC Smith of South Africa and MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and Agarwal MA are the only three batsmen to score double hundreds against two specific oppositions in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out the performance of these three batsmen.  MA Agarwal became the first Indian batsman to score 200 plus runs on first appearance against two specific oppositions.

No Player Team Runs FI Oppn Venue Season  
1 Smith GC SAF 277 FI Eng Edgbaston 2003    
  Smith GC SAF 200 FI Ban East London 2002 03
                 
2 Atapattu MS Srl 223 FI Zim Kandy 1997 98
  Atapattu MS Srl 201 FI Ban Col-SSC 2001 02
                 
3 Agarwal MA Ind 215 FI SAF Vishakapatnam 2019 20
  Agarwal MA Ind 243 FI Ban Indore 2019 20
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