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Jaffer in record books Rajneesh Gupta | June 06, 2006 21:25 IST Wasim Jaffer played a significant part in reviving India's fortunes in the St. John's Test by scoring a magnificent 212 on the fourth day. Jaffer, in the process, became only the seventh Indian batsman to score a double century away from the subcontinent. Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have done so twice. The details:
Jaffer also became only the tenth batsman in Test cricket to score a double ton against the West Indies while opening the innings. The last opener to do so against the West Indies was India's Navjot Sidhu in 1996-97. The following table lists openers' double tons against the West Indies. England's Dennis Amiss and Len Hutton, New Zealand's Glenn Turner, Australia's Bill Lawry and India's Sunil Gavaskar have done so twice.
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