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South Africa cricket team captain Vian Mulder has scored a double century in the second Test of the series being played against the Zimbabwe cricket team. This is the first double century of his young Test career. During his innings, he also shared a 184 -run partnership for the third wicket with David Bedingam (82). Let’s take a look at Mulder’s innings and Test figures.
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Mulder’s innings remained strong
When South Africa lost their first wicket on the score of just 11 runs in their first innings, the Mulder came to the crease. He completed his century in 116 balls while playing captaincy innings in Bulveo. The Mulder, who came to bat on number-3, completed his double century in the third session of the first day. He craved opposition bowlers for his wicket and played a historic innings as captain.
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This has been a Test career of Mulder
The Mulder made his Test career in 2019 against the Sri Lanka cricket team. He has scored more than 950 runs in 34 innings of 21 Tests. Meanwhile, he has scored 1 half -century in addition to 3 centuries. Interestingly, he also scored a century in the first Test of the series. On the other hand, he has taken 35 wickets in bowling with an average of 25.60. His best performance has been 4/32.
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Fourth South African captain who scored a double century
Mulder has now become the fourth batsman to score a double century in the Test, captaining South Africa. Before them, Graeme Smith (4 times), Hashim Amla (2 times) and Dudley Nurses have done so.
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Third player to score a double century in captaincy debut
Mulder is also making his captaincy debut in this match. In fact, in the absence of Temba Bavuma, Keshav Maharaj was made the captain for this series. Maharaj was injured in the first Test and Mulder was captained. Mulder has become the third batsman to score a double century in captaincy debut. Prior to them, Graham Douling (239 runs vs India, 1968) and Shivnarayan Chandrapaul (203* Run Vs South Africa, 2005) have done so.
Double century
Mulder holds the second fastest double century from South Africa
Mulder completed his double century in 214 balls. He became the batsman to score the second fastest double century (balls) from South Africa. There is Harshal Gibbs in this list ahead of him, who did this feat against Pakistan in 211 balls. Graeme Smith is third in this list, who completed his double century in 238 balls (vs Bangladesh, 2008).
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