sachin tendulkar has the highest number of double centuries.
sachin tendulkar has the highest number of double centuries.
who has the highest number of double centuries?
sachin tendulkar
he is the only man to have reclaimed the test record score, having scored 375 against england in 1994, a record that stood until matthew hayden's 380 against zimbabwe in 2003. his 400 not out also made him the second player (after donald bradman) to score two test triple-centuries, and the second (after bill ponsford) to score two first-class quadruple-centuries. he has scored nine double centuries in test cricket, third after bradman's twelve and kumar sangakkara's eleven. as a captain, he scored five double centuries, which is the highest by any one who is in charge. in 1995 lara in the test match away series against england, scored 3 hundreds in three consecutive matches which earned him the man of the series award. the test series was eventually drawn 2–2. he also held the record for the highest total number of runs in a test career, after overtaking allan border in an innings of 226 played at adelaide oval, australia in november 2005. this was later broken by sachin tendulkar of india on 17 october 2008 whilst playing against australia at mohali in the 2nd test of the border-gavaskar trophy 2008.
brian lara
the first player to score a double century in odis was belinda clark, in a women's world cup match against denmark during 1997 women's cricket world cup at mig club ground, mumbai. she is also the first player to achieve that feat as a captain, while in men's cricket, virender sehwag is the first captain to score a double century while scoring it against west indies in 2011 at holkar cricket stadium, indore. the first player to score a double century in odis against a test playing nation was sachin tendulkar in india against south africa in 2010 during the second odi of the bilateral series at captain roop singh stadium, gwalior.. the most double centuries by players from one country is five by india. two double centuries have been scored in men's world cup matches, namely chris gayle of west indies and martin guptill of new zealand, both during the icc world cup 2015. rohit sharma is the only player to have scored three double centuries in odis. on 20 july 2018, fakhar zaman became the tenth overall to score a double century in odis, scoring it against zimbabwe at queens sports club, bulawayo. while reached this mark on his 17th inning which is the least number of innings ever taken.
list of one day international cricket double centuries