Ayush Badoni has joined Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir in an elite list after smashing back-2-back double centuries (Credit: PTI)
\n\nDelhi skipper Ayush Badoni scored a double century for the second time in a row in the Ranji Trophy's third-round match against Jharkhand in Ranchi on Tuesday. During the second day of play, Badoni, who was batting first at the JSCA International Stadium, once again led the Delhi batting. He got his double century in just 216 balls after hitting 28 fours and three sixes. A few Indians, like the 26-year-old Badoni, have scored double hundreds in back-to-back First Class innings. Badoni scored a career-high 217 against Gujarat last week in Delhi's opening home match at the Air Force Ground in Palam.
\n\nBadoni joined the rare group of batters who have achieved two double hundreds in as many innings, including Delhi greats Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli. In the history of First-class cricket, no batter has accomplished the feat more than twice. Overall, Badoni is the 21st Indian to accomplish this accomplishment in the format; the first, incidentally, was KS Ranjitsinhji, who is honoured with the Ranji Trophy. Ranjitsinhji, who scored consecutive double hundreds in 1900 and 1901, is still…
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