List of double centuries scored on first-class cricket debut

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In cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batsman.[1] Scores of more than 200 runs are still statistically counted as a century, although these scores are referred to as double century (200–299 runs).[2] A double century is regarded as a landmark score for batsmen and a player's number of double centuries are generally recorded in their career statistics.[3] First-class cricket, the longest version of the game after Test cricket, involves two innings per side in a match and scheduled to last for up to three or more days.[4] An individual scoring a double century on his first-class debut is considered a notable achievement by critics.[5]

The first player to score a double century on first-class debut is English batsman

Mysore against Andhra in the 1967–68 Ranji Trophy.[16] He also scored 137 runs on his Test debut, against Australia, on 20 November 1969.[17] With this, he became the first and only cricketer to score a double century on first-class debut as well as a century on Test debut.[18]

The feat has been accomplished by 25 players on 25 occasions as of December 2023. No batter has been able to score a double hundred in both innings on first-class debut so far. Mike Powell's score of 200* for Glamorgan against Oxford University, in June 1997, is the first and only instance of a player achieving the landmark on a losing cause.[19] 13 players from India have reached the milestone so far, the most for any country in the history.[20]

Key

Notation Meaning
* The player remained not out
Inn. The
innings
of the match in which the player scored his century
Date The date on which the match began
Team The team the batsman was representing
Opposition The team the batsman was playing against
Venue The cricket ground where the match was played
Result Result for the team for which the double century was scored

List

Cricketers who have scored a double century on first-class debut[19]
No. Batsman Score Inn. Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref.
1 Tom Marsden 227 2 Sheffield & Leicester Nottingham Darnall New Ground, Sheffield 24 July 1826 Won [21]
2 Norman Callaway 207 2 New South Wales Queensland Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 19 February 1915 Won [22]
3 Eric Marx 240 1
Transvaal
Griqualand West
 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 16 December 1920 Won [23]
4 Arthur Maynard 200* 2 Trinidad and Tobago MCC Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 15 January 1935 Drawn [24]
5 Sam Loxton 232* 1 Victoria Queensland Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 19 December 1946 Won [25]
6 Hubert Doggart 215* 1 Cambridge University Lancashire Fenner's, Cambridge 1 May 1948 Drawn [26]
7
Jeffrey Hallebone
 		202 1 Victoria Tasmania Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 5 February 1952 Drawn [27]
8 Gundappa Viswanath 230 1
Mysore
 Andhra Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada 11 November 1967 Drawn [28]
9 Amol Muzumdar 260 1
Bombay
 Haryana Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad 12 February 1994 Won [29]
10 Anshuman Pandey 209* 1 Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai 13 January 1996 Drawn [30]
11 David Sales 210* 3 Northamptonshire Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster 24 July 1996 Drawn [31]
12 Mike Powell 200* 1 Glamorgan Oxford University University Parks, Oxford 5 June 1997 Lost [32]
13
Manprit Juneja
 		201 2 Gujarat Tamil Nadu
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
 13 December 2011 Drawn [33]
14 Jiwanjot Singh 213 2 Punjab Hyderabad Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali 2 November 2012 Won [34]
15 Abhishek Gupta 202 2 Punjab Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala 6 October 2017 Drawn [35]
16 Bahir Shah 256* 1 Speenghar Tigers Amo Sharks Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad 20 October 2017 Won [36]
17 Brad Schmulian 203 2 Central Districts Northern Districts Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui 23 October 2017 Drawn [37]
18 Ajay Rohera 267* 2 Madhya Pradesh Hyderabad Holkar Stadium, Indore 6 December 2018 Won [38]
19 Mayank Raghav 228 2 Manipur Nagaland Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima 6 December 2018 Won [39]
20 Hanif Kunrai 200* 2 Kunar Province Kandahar Province Kunar Cricket Ground, Asadabad 15 February 2019 Drawn [40]
21 Arslan Khan 233 2 Chandigarh Arunachal Pradesh Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh 9 December 2019 Won [41]
22 Sakibul Gani 341 1 Bihar Mizoram Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata 17 February 2022 Drawn [42]
23 Pavan Shah 219 1 Maharashtra Assam Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak 17 February 2022 Won [43]
24 Suved Parkar 252 1 Mumbai Uttarakhand Three Ovals KSCA Stadium, Bangalore 6 June 2022 Won [44]
25
Jay Gohil
 		227 2 Saurashtra Assam
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
 13 December 2022 Drawn [45]

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