Can a cricketer score two centuries in a day? If you are asked this question, usually you will answer no. But there has also been a cricketer who had scored 2 centuries in a day and this cricketer is an Indian, whose record is unbroken to date. Let us know who is the cricketer who created history by scoring two centuries in a day.
This amazing Indian cricketer Maharaja Ranjit Singh did it. On 22 August 1896, he scored two centuries in a single day. About 125 years ago, Maharaja Ranjit Singh did this feat in first-class cricket. He played unbeaten innings of 100 runs and 125 runs in the first match against Yorkshire in Hove, England, playing for Sussex. With this, he became the third batsman from Sussex to score 2 centuries in a match. After him, no batsman could do this feat again in first-class cricket.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh is also known as the father of Indian cricket. He was the first cricketer to play international cricket for India. Before India, he also played Test cricket for England. Ranji Trophy is also played in his name in India. In International Cricket, he had scored two centuries, while in first-class cricket he had scored 72 centuries.
