An opening partnership of 317 between Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma helped India post a mammoth total of 502-7 before South Africa limped to 39-3 at the close of play on Day 2 of the first Test in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
Mayank (215) turned his maiden Test century into a double becoming just the second batsman in history to score 200 plus in his first innings on Indian soil after Australia’s Dean Jones, who scored 210 in 1986.
Mayank is also the fourth Indian batsman after Karun Nair, Vinod Kambli, and Dilip Sardesai to convert their maiden Test tons into double centuries. Nair smashed 303 against England in 2016, Kambli made 224 against England in 1993 and Sardesai scored 200 not out against New Zealand in 1965.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Take a bow, Mayank Agarwal 🙌🙌
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Shabash bhut badiya.. lage raho 200 ðŸâï¸
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Congratulations my brother, so proud of you… this is just the beginning ♥ï¸
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
It has been so satisfying to see take such giant strides with an immaculate double century. Composed, organised and hungry.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Many congratulations on scoring a double 💯. May this be the first of many to follow !! ðŸ
— MithunManhas5 (@MithunManhas)
Well played , well deserved double ton. ðŸ¤ðŸ» Congratulations to for your wonderful innings 🤜ðŸ»ðŸ¤›ðŸ»
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Congratulations Mayank on your maiden Ton 💯, icing on the cake that you converted it into double hundred. Superb show Mayank. Keep it going and make the most of it ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
So easy to be thrilled & content after getting your maiden hundred… to go & convert that into a double tells you something about Mayank Agarwal. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Double Century. Incredible effort. Mayank Agarwal. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
. and ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠Just amazing to see them bat that way 🇮🇳
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15)
Outstanding effort from Mayank Agarwal to convert his maiden test century into a double. His hunger for runs from Karnataka to India A to now for India is incredible
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Mayank surely knows how to make it large.. Another testament to the robustness of the domestic circuit. Absolutely brilliant
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Bravo ! #200
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Don’t forget there is at least 15 years of extreme hard work behind ’s ‘overnight�fame.
He is one of the most hard working cricketers who has waited very patiently for his turn and now he’s making the most out of it.
Take a bow, Champ.
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket)
Lad from Bishop Cotton gets a test double hundred for India. Coach Ram Das will be brimming with pride. Nodappa namma hudaga ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI)
Superb effort from Mayank Agarwal! You toil it away in domestic circuit waiting for such days, dreaming of such days. Excellent knock, Mayank. Make it a habit.
— Nikhil ðŸ (@CricCrazyNIKS)
