Shafali Varma scores fastest double century in Women’s Tests in India Women encounter against South Africa

The 20-year-old completed her double-hundred of just 194 balls in what was her maiden international hundred in the longest format of the game.

India Women’s Shafali Verma celebrates her century during a one-off test cricket match between India and South Africa, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI

Shafali Varma scored the fastest double century in Women’s Tests during the encounter against South Africa at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.

The 20-year-old completed her double-hundred of just 194 balls in what was her maiden international hundred in the longest format of the game.

Fastest Double Hundreds in Women’s Tests

194 balls - Shafali Verma (IND) vs South Africa (2024)*

256 balls - Annabel Sutherland (AUS) vs South Africa (2024)

313 balls - Karen Rolton (AUS) vs England (2001)

345 balls - Michelle Goszko (AUS) vs England (2001)

374 balls - Ellyse Perry (AUS) vs England (2017)