However teamâs opening woes are yet to be sorted out with Mayank Agarwal failing to score runs in all his outings in the series so far. He equaled Navjot Singh Sidhuâs record of most sixes in an innings. He started the day by dismissing England skipper Joe Root in the first delivery of his fourth over and also then got rid of the well-settled Jonny Bairstow post-lunch to dent Englandâs hopes of making a big first-innings score. Agarwal had scored 76 and 42 in successive innings of the other Test he played in Australia. In November 2019, Mayank Agarwal hit his second double century in only his eighth Test match, at Indore against Bangladesh, recording his current highest score of 243 in 330 deliveries with eight sixes. It was Agarwal's third score of 50 or more in the competition. Siraj and Mayank Agarwal brought out the former's trademark celebration. However, in the recent two-Test series, Agarwal managed scores of 5, 16, 55 and 4 in four innings. Vinay Chhabria FOLLOW He started the day by dismissing England skipper Joe Root in the first delivery of his fourth over and also then got rid of the well-settled Jonny Bairstow post-lunch to dent Englandâs hopes of making a big first-innings score. He went past former South African skipper Graeme Smithâs ⦠KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal waiting for their opportunities: VVS Laxman on why Shubman Gill needs to score big Shubman Gill's highest score in last five innings is 15*. 12 Innings taken by Mayank Agarwal to score his second double century in Test cricket. Siraj has so far picked two wickets in the match. Mayank repaid the faith shown in him by the Indian cricket team with scores of 76 and 42 in the Melbourne Test but more importantly gave India good starts at the top. All batters scoring single-digit totals in an innings: SA v Eng Edgbaston 1924: 30 all out; Highest 7 by Herbie Taylor (extras 11) Ind v Aus Adelaide 2020: 36 all out; Highest 9 by Mayank Agarwal (extras 0) In the second innings of the Adelaide Test, India's Mayank Agarwal was the top-scorer with 9 while as many as three batters incurred ducks. Agarwal, who completed his maiden Test hundred early on day two, reached 200 in the afternoon session to earn a standing ovation in the Visakhapatnam stadium. Mayank Agarwal may have been batting on 85, ... when Agarwal made these scores for Karnataka, in back-to-back innings: 304*, 176, 23, 90, 133*, 173, 134. ANALYSIS The right-hander looked fluent during his stay in the middle and scored a valuable 56 runs for the losing team. VISAKHAPATNAM: Opener Mayank Agarwal completed a double century on Thursday to put India on course for a mammoth first innings score in the opening Test against South Africa. #4 His 243 is the highest by score by an opener in Test cricket. Stats highlights: Agarwal equals Sidhu's long-standing record. #3 He scored 243 runs from 330 deliveries including 28 fours and eight sixes before losing his wicket to Mehidy Hasan in the 108th over. On Wednesday, Mayank batted with responsibility and courage, as he battled a barrage of short balls from the Australian quicks. Siraj and Mayank Agarwal brought out the former's trademark celebration. He broke the record of Donald Bradman to become the second-fastest batsman to score two double hundreds, having achieved this in 12 innings. Siraj has so far picked two wickets in the match. Sidhu achieved the feat in January 1994 against Sri Lanka.