Amir Jangoo Becomes 3rd West Indies Cricketer After Brian Lara And Chris Gayle To...

28-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Amir Jangoo entered his name in the record books on Saturday (Sunday IST) by becoming only the third West Indies cricketer, after Brian Lara and Chris Gayle, to score a double century in a Test match against Sri Lanka.

Batting at No. 4 for the West Indies in the first innings of the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, Jangoo brought up his maiden double century in only his second Test for the Caribbean side.

Jangoo, who scored a century on his ODI debut for the West Indies, needed 342 balls to reach the 200-run mark in the first innings of the opening Test. He completed his double century by taking a single off the first ball of the 142nd over of the West Indies innings,

bowled by Sonal Dinusha.

Lara was the first West Indies batter to score a double century in a Test against Sri Lanka. He made 221 runs off 354 balls in the first innings of the Test played at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo from November 29 to December 3, 2001.

Highest scores by West Indies batters in Tests against Sri Lanka

PLAYER	RUNS	BALLS	4/6s	VENUE	YEAR
Chris Gayle	333	437	34/9	Galle	2010
Brian Lara	221	354	23/2	Colombo (SSC)	2001
Brian Lara	209	360	24/1	Gros Islet	2003
Amir Jangoo	200*	342*	17/1	North Sound	2026*
Brian Lara	178	294	19/0	Galle	2001
Roston Chase	143*	289	11/2	North Sound	2026
Brian Lara	130	215	14/1	Colombo (SSC)	2001
Kraigg Brathwaite	126	311	13/0	North Sound	2021
Shane Dowrich	125	325	12/0	Port of Spain	2018
Brian Lara	115	207	11/1	Kingstown	1997

Lara scored another double century against Sri Lanka in June 2003 at Gros Islet, St. Lucia. He smashed 209 runs off 360 balls in the first innings of that match.

In November 2010 at Galle, Chris Gayle produced a magnificent knock of 333 runs off 437 balls while opening the batting for the West Indies against Sri Lanka.

Highest scores in Tests against Sri Lanka

PLAYER	COUNTRY	RUNS	BALLS	4/6s	VENUE	YEAR
Chris Gayle	West Indies	333	437	34/9	Galle	2010
Younis Khan	Pakistan	313	568	27/4	Karachi	2009
Martin Crowe	New Zealand	299	523	29/3	Wellington	1991
Virender Sehwag	India	293	254	40/7	Mumbai (BS)	2009
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	274*	476	28/1	Colombo (PSS)	2003
Bryan Young	New Zealand	267*	422	37/0	Dunedin	1997
Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe	266	541	30/3	Bulawayo	1994
Tom Latham	New Zealand	264*	489	21/1	Wellington	2018
Virat Kohli	India	243	287	25/0	Delhi	2017
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	242*	438	18/0	Wellington	2015

Gayle’s 333 remains the highest individual score in a Test match against Sri Lanka. Apart from Gayle, Pakistan’s Younis Khan is the only other batter to score a triple century against Sri Lanka in Tests. The former Pakistan captain made 313 runs off 568 balls in the Test played at the National Stadium in Karachi from February 21 to 25, 2009.