Youngest player to score a double hundred

Youngest player to score a double hundred in Tests

Youngest player to score a double hundred

Player	Age	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Javed Miandad	19y 140d	206	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
GA Headley	20y 308d	223	West Indies	v England	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
VG Kambli	21y 32d	224	India	v England	Wankhede	19 Feb 1993	Test # 1214
GS Sobers	21y 213d	365*	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
GC Smith	21y 259d	200	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
DPMD Jayawardene	21y 273d	242	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
SM Gavaskar	21y 277d	220	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
KC Brathwaite	21y 278d	212	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	5 Sep 2014	Test # 2138
DG Bradman	21y 304d	254	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1930	Test # 195
JA Rudolph	21y 355d	222*	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
YBK Jaiswal	22y 36d	209	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	2 Feb 2024	Test # 2526
L Hutton	22y 58d	364	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
DI Gower	22y 102d	200*	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
Z Crawley	22y 200d	267	England	v Pakistan	Southampton	21 Aug 2020	Test # 2393
CH Gayle	22y 280d	204	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
RG Pollock	22y 307d	209	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
WJ Edrich	22y 342d	219	England	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
RB Kanhai	23y 5d	256	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
Hanif Mohammad	23y 27d	337	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
Nawab of Pataudi	23y 34d	203*	India	v England	Delhi	8 Feb 1964	Test # 556
LG Rowe	23y 39d	214	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
KD Walters	23y 55d	242	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
JE Root	23y 164d	200*	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
EJ Barlow	23y 165d	201	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
KNM Fernando	23y 226d	205	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
BC Lara	23y 245d	277	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1208
Abdullah Shafique	23y 246d	201	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Zaheer Abbas	23y 314d	274	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	3 Jun 1971	Test # 687
RR Sarwan	23y 347d	261*	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
DJ McGlew	23y 360d	255*	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the first double-century by a player is shown.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

England v India at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]