Prithvi Shaw smashes third-fastest double century in Ranji Trophy history; Scores 222* off 156 deliveries

Prithvi Shaw hit the second-fastest double ton in Ranji Trophy Elite group history.

Prithvi Shaw has returned to form in magnificent style, blasting a breathtaking double century for Maharashtra in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2025-26 group encounter against Chandigarh at a record-breaking pace at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh.

At the end of the previous season, Shaw, who made his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai against Tamil Nadu in 2017, left the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy history to join Maharashtra.

This is only his second match for his new domestic team, Maharashtra, and he had begun on an ominous note, scoring a duck in his first outing against Kerala. In the second innings, he scored 75 runs from 102 balls and hammered 7 fours during his stay at the crease.

And Shaw made the opportunity count against Chandigarh as he slammed the third-fastest double century in the Ranji Trophy history. With this feat, he has written his name in the history books.

Prithvi Shaw joins Ravi Shastri and Virender Sehwag in Ranji Trophy record books with 141-ball double ton

In the second innings of the current Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match between Maharashtra and Chandigarh at Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh, Shaw reached the 200-run mark in just 141 balls. During his stay at the crease, he smashed 222* off 156 deliveries with 29 fours and five sixes.

Tanmay Agarwal, a batter from Hyderabad, holds the record for the fastest double century in the Ranji Trophy history. In the Ranji Trophy Plate League encounter between Hyderabad and Arunachal Pradesh on January 26–27, 2024, Tanmay reached his double century in just 119 balls.

Ravi Shastri, a former batter from Mumbai and India, follows him. In the 1985 Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from January 8 to 10, Shastri needed just 123 balls to score 200 runs for Mumbai.

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After five tests, six ODIs, and a T20I, Shaw’s international career fizzled out; he played his final game for India in July 2021. With a best score of 379, Shaw has amassed 4556 runs at 46.02 in 58 First-Class (FC) cricket, including 13 hundreds and 18 half-centuries.  

He has a strike rate of 125.74 and 3399 runs at 55.72 in List-A games. His 2902 runs in Twenty20 cricket have come at an average of 25.01 and a strike rate of 151.54. At the IPL 2025 mega auction, he was not sold.

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