Southpaws scoring double centuries in a test innings
In the month of February 2024, two left handers – YBK Jaiswal of India and R Ravindra of New Zealand – scored double centuries. YBK Jaiswal scored 209 against England at Vizag, while R Ravindra scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui. As a result of these two centuries, the Test Cricket has witnessed 108 centuries by left hand batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | E Paynter | 216* | 01 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 |
| 2 | E Paynter | 243 | 01 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 |
| 3 | MP Donnelly | 206 | 02 | New Zealand | v England | Lord’s | 25 Jun 1949 |
| 4 | AR Morris | 206 | 01 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 5 | RN Harvey | 205 | 01 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1953 |
| 6 | RN Harvey | 204 | 02 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 |
| 7 | B Sutcliffe | 230* | 01 | New Zealand | v India | Delhi | 16 Dec 1955 |
| 8 | GS Sobers | 365* | 02 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 |
| 9 | GS Sobers | 226 | 02 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Jan 1960 |
| 10 | WM Lawry | 210 | 01 | Australia | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 05 May 1965 |
| 11 | JH Edrich | 310* | 01 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 08 Jul 1965 |
| 12 | RM Cowper | 307 | 02 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 11 Feb 1966 |
| 13 | RG Pollock | 209 | 02 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 |
| 14 | WM Lawry | 205 | 02 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1968 |
| 15 | RG Pollock | 274 | 01 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 05 Feb 1970 |
| 16 | D Lloyd | 214* | 02 | England | v India | Birmingham | 04 Jul 1974 |
| 17 | CH Lloyd | 242* | 01 | West Indies | v India | Wankhede | 23 Jan 1975 |
| 18 | DI Gower | 200* | 01 | England | v India | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 |
| 19 | GN Yallop | 268 | 02 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1983 |
| 20 | G Fowler | 201 | 02 | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 |
| 21 | DI Gower | 215 | 02 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 |
| 22 | AR Border | 205 | 02 | Australia | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1987 |
| 23 | MA Taylor | 219 | 01 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 |
| 24 | Aamer Sohail | 205 | 01 | Pakistan | v England | Manchester | 02 Jul 1992 |
| 25 | BC Lara | 277 | 02 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1993 |
| 26 | VG Kambli | 224 | 02 | India | v England | Wankhede | 19 Feb 1993 |
| 27 | VG Kambli | 227 | 01 | India | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 13 Mar 1993 |
| 28 | AR Border | 200* | 01 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 22 Jul 1993 |
| 29 | BC Lara | 375 | 01 | West Indies | v England | St John’s | 16 Apr 1994 |
| 30 | JC Adams | 208* | 01 | West Indies | v New Zealand | St John’s | 27 Apr 1996 |
| 31 | Wasim Akram | 257* | 02 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| 32 | ST Jayasuriya | 340 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 33 | G Kirsten | 210 | 01 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 02 Jul 1998 |
| 34 | ST Jayasuriya | 213 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 |
| 35 | MA Taylor | 334* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 15 Oct 1998 |
| 36 | BC Lara | 213 | 02 | West Indies | v Australia | Kingston | 13 Mar 1999 |
| 37 | G Kirsten | 275 | 03 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 38 | JL Langer | 223 | 02 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 02 Jan 2000 |
| 39 | A Flower | 232* | 03 | Zimbabwe | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 40 | ML Hayden | 203 | 01 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
| 41 | G Kirsten | 220 | 01 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 42 | BC Lara | 221 | 01 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 43 | HP Tillakaratne | 204* | 02 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 |
| 44 | AC Gilchrist | 204* | 01 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 |
| 45 | KC Sangakkara | 230 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Lahore | 06 Mar 2002 |
| 46 | GP Thorpe | 200* | 03 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 |
| 47 | CH Gayle | 204 | 02 | West Indies | v New Zealand | St George’s | 28 Jun 2002 |
| 48 | GC Smith | 200 | 01 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 |
| 49 | JL Langer | 250 | 01 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2002 |
| 50 | JA Rudolph | 222* | 02 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 |
| 51 | SP Fleming | 274* | 01 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Apr 2003 |
| 52 | BC Lara | 209 | 02 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | 20 Jun 2003 |
| 53 | GC Smith | 277 | 01 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 |
| 54 | GC Smith | 259 | 02 | South Africa | v England | Lord’s | 31 Jul 2003 |
| 55 | ME Trescothick | 219 | 02 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 04 Sep 2003 |
| 56 | ML Hayden | 380 | 01 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 57 | BC Lara | 202 | 02 | West Indies | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Dec 2003 |
| 58 | BC Lara | 400* | 01 | West Indies | v England | St John’s | 10 Apr 2004 |
| 59 | KC Sangakkara | 270 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 |
| 60 | KC Sangakkara | 232 | 01 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 |
| 61 | ST Jayasuriya | 253 | 03 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 |
| 62 | SP Fleming | 202 | 01 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 26 Oct 2004 |
| 63 | JL Langer | 215 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 26 Nov 2004 |
| 64 | WW Hinds | 213 | 01 | West Indies | v South Africa | Georgetown | 31 Mar 2005 |
| 65 | S Chanderpaul | 203* | 01 | West Indies | v South Africa | Georgetown | 31 Mar 2005 |
| 66 | CH Gayle | 317 | 02 | West Indies | v South Africa | St John’s | 29 Apr 2005 |
| 67 | BC Lara | 226 | 01 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Nov 2005 |
| 68 | SP Fleming | 262 | 01 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 |
| 69 | KC Sangakkara | 287 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 |
| 70 | BC Lara | 216 | 02 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Multan | 19 Nov 2006 |
| 71 | KC Sangakkara | 200* | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Jul 2007 |
| 72 | KC Sangakkara | 222* | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 |
| 73 | SC Ganguly | 239 | 01 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 08 Dec 2007 |
| 74 | GC Smith | 232 | 01 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 29 Feb 2008 |
| 75 | G Gambhir | 206 | 01 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 29 Oct 2008 |
| 76 | JD Ryder | 201 | 01 | New Zealand | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 |
| 77 | KC Sangakkara | 219 | 01 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 78 | CH Gayle | 333 | 01 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 79 | AN Cook | 235* | 03 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 25 Nov 2010 |
| 80 | AN Cook | 294 | 02 | England | v India | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 81 | Taufeeq Umar | 236 | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 82 | KC Sangakkara | 211 | 03 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 83 | S Chanderpaul | 203* | 01 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 13 Nov 2012 |
| 84 | GC Smith | 234 | 02 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 23 Oct 2013 |
| 85 | DM Bravo | 218 | 03 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 03 Dec 2013 |
| 86 | KC Sangakkara | 319 | 01 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 04 Feb 2014 |
| 87 | KC Sangakkara | 221 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
| 88 | KC Sangakkara | 203 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Jan 2015 |
| 89 | Tamim Iqbal | 206 | 03 | Bangladesh | v Pakistan | Khulna | 28 Apr 2015 |
| 90 | AN Cook | 263 | 02 | England | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 13 Oct 2015 |
| 91 | DA Warner | 253 | 01 | Australia | v New Zealand | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 92 | BA Stokes | 258 | 01 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 |
| 93 | Shakib Al Hasan | 217 | 01 | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 94 | AN Cook | 243 | 01 | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2017 |
| 95 | AN Cook | 244* | 02 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2017 |
| 96 | TWM Latham | 264* | 02 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 |
| 97 | DA Warner | 335* | 01 | Australia | v Pakistan | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 |
| 98 | KR Mayers | 210* | 04 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 03 Feb 2021 |
| 99 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | 200* | 01 | Afghanistan | v Zimbabwe | Abu Dhabi | 10 Mar 2021 |
| 100 | FDM Karunaratne | 244 | 02 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 Apr 2021 |
| 101 | DP Conway | 200 | 01 | New Zealand | v England | Lord’s | 02 Jun 2021 |
| 102 | TWM Latham | 252 | 01 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Christchurch | 09 Jan 2022 |
| 103 | DA Warner | 200 | 02 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 |
| 104 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | 01 | West Indies | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 04 Feb 2023 |
| 105 | HM Nicholls | 200* | 01 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 17 Mar 2023 |
| 106 | Saud Shakeel | 208* | 02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2023 |
| 107 | YBK Jaiswal | 209 | 01 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 02 Feb 2024 |
| 108 | R Ravindra | 240 | 01 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Mount Maunganui | 04 Feb 2024 |