Seventeen-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal struck a blazing 203 as Mumbai beat Jharkhand by 39 runs in their final Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday.
The left-handed Jaiswal, at 17 years and 192 days, became the first male teenager in the world to score a double-century in List-A cricket. Before him, the youngest was Alan Barrow who scored a double ton at the age of 20 years, 273 days in South Africa in 1975.
Jaiswal’s knock comes just days after Kerala wicket- keeper batsman Sanju Samson hit an unbeaten 212 in the Hazare Trophy.
Jaiswal’s knock was ninth instance of an Indian scoring a List A double-ton, and he joined the elite list of Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag.
Riding on Jaiswal’s double hundred, Mumbai posted 358 for 3 in 50 overs and bowled out the opposition for 319.
He struck 17 fours and 12 sixes and also built a mammoth 200-run stand with experienced wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, who played the perfect second fiddle with a knock of 78 off 102 balls.
After the game, Jaiswal said that he would enjoy the moment, but work even harder in future.
“It is a good feeling but I need to work more and this is just the begenning and I need to focus on my next tournament. I am happy for today and will try to ensure I continue to play these kinds of knocks,” he said.
Jaiswal had stayed in the tent of his club in south Mumbai during his early days as he could not afford to rent a house, and sold paani puri in the streets before he was spotted by coach Jwala Singh.
