The Only Cricketer To Score Double Centuries in All Four Innings Of A Test

Sunil Gavaskar: The only cricketer to score double centuries in all four innings of a Test, the record has not been broken for 40 years. The most beautiful moment for any batsman is to score a century and lead the team to victory.

The Player Not Only Has Talent But Also Patience:-

The century attests to the fact that the player not only has talent but also has patience, which is very important for cricket, especially Test matches.

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If a batsman scores a double century, then what is there to say? There are only a select number of players in the world who have scored double centuries in international cricket.

There is only one such cricketer in the world, who has scored double centuries in all four innings of a Test match. That cricketer is none other than India’s darling Sunil Gavaskar.

The First Cricketer in The World To Make This Record:-

As soon as Sunil Gavaskar is mentioned, two records come to mind. Records of first scoring 10 thousand runs and first scoring 34 centuries in Test cricket. Gavaskar was the first cricketer in the world to make this record.

However, these records have now been broken. But there is one record of his which remains intact even after years. This is the record of scoring double centuries in all four innings of Test cricket, which no other cricketer has been able to reach.

Sunil Gavaskar scored his first double-century on the West Indies tour in 1971. He played an inning of 220 runs against West Indies in the third innings of the Port of Spain Test match. Gavaskar had also scored 124 runs in the first innings of this match. This match between India and West Indies ended in a draw.

A Second Double-Century Of His Career Against The West Indies:-

Sunil Gavaskar scored the second double-century of his career in 1978 against West Indies. But this time the ground was not West Indies, but Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

This time Gavaskar scored 205 runs in the first innings of the match itself. However, this time the Indian team could not take advantage of Sunny’s double century and the match remained a draw.

Talking about Sunil Gavaskar’s overall record, he has played 125 Tests and 108 ODI matches. Gavaskar has scored 10,122 runs in Test matches at an average of 51.12.

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Which also includes 34 centuries and 4 double centuries. In ODI matches, Gavaskar has scored 3092 runs at an average of 35.13. Sunil Gavaskar has scored one century and 27 half-centuries in ODI cricket.