Mumbai teenager Yashasvi Jaiswal today made history as he became the youngest cricketer in the world to score a double century in One Day cricket. His is the ninth instance of an Indian scoring a List A double-ton. Playing in his debut Vijay Hazare season, the 17-year-old scored 203 off 154 balls against Jharkhand at Alur, Karnataka. His score comprised 12 sixes and 17 fours.
Riding on Jaiswal’s quickfire double hundred, Mumbai posted 358 for 3 in 50 overs and bowled out the opposition for 319. The achievement comes within a week after Sanju Samson hit an unbeaten 212 – his first List A century – for Kerala which came against Goa and made it the highest individual score of the competition so far.