Most Double Centuries in Ranji Trophy: Pujara and Dogra

Cheteshwar Pujara and Paras Dogra share the published Ranji Trophy benchmark of nine scores of 200 or more. Pujara drew level with Dogra during the 2024–25 season, adding another major innings to a career built around long stays at the crease.

The figure needs one small explanation. In cricket records, a list of double centuries commonly counts innings that reached 200, including those that later became triple centuries. It does not count the same innings twice.

The Leading Published Benchmark

This is a comparison of the established leaders, rather than a complete ranking of every active batter.

Why Pujara's Long Innings Matter

Pujara's 352 against Karnataka in 2012–13 shows what makes his domestic batting so difficult to contain. Once established, he can turn a good start into a score that occupies an opposition attack for successive sessions.

That changes the choices available to a captain. A large first innings can secure a lead, make the follow-on possible and leave more time for bowlers to pursue a result. The value lies in those options as well as the personal milestone.

Dogra's Domestic Record Deserves Its Own Place

Dogra's achievement comes from sustained output in Indian domestic cricket. Comparing him with Pujara gives the record useful context without making international reputation the measure of domestic success.

The team, opponent and match situation still matter when assessing any individual double hundred. A difficult rescue innings and a rapid innings against an inexperienced attack can reach the same total through very different challenges.

The Innings That Brought Pujara Level

Pujara made 234 against Chhattisgarh at Rajkot in the 2024–25 season. Reaching 200 in that innings brought him to the published nine-double-hundred benchmark alongside Dogra.

The completed score matters because an article announcing the milestone during play may show only 200 not out. The final 234 belongs in the innings record, while the moment of reaching 200 explains when the career count changed.

Pujara's wider first-class double-century tally is larger. His appearances outside the Ranji Trophy must be excluded when answering this tournament-specific question, even when those innings are also first-class cricket.

Dogra's Nine Came Through More Than One Association

Dogra's published double-hundred list includes seven for Himachal Pradesh and two for Puducherry. The Himachal innings came against Tripura, Services, Goa and Assam, while the Puducherry scores included 253 against Sikkim and 200 against Mizoram.

That distribution helps explain the career total. Moving associations did not reset the count, and his later leadership role with Jammu and Kashmir does not make the earlier double-centuries J&K innings.

His 253 is also his highest score in the referenced Ranji career table. A player can lead a double-century count without ever reaching 300, because the record measures repeated qualifying innings rather than the largest single one.

How a Triple-Century Fits the Count

Consider a batter with scores of 201, 250 and 310. A table counting innings of at least 200 records three double-century-level innings. A table restricted to scores from 200 to 299 would record two.

Both calculations are possible, but the heading must specify the method. The benchmark discussed here uses the inclusive 200-plus convention. The 310 is not counted twice merely because it passed both 200 and 300.

The same principle applies to centuries generally. One innings of 310 adds one to the hundreds column, one to an inclusive double-hundred column and one to the triple-hundred column. It remains a single batting innings.

Why Long Innings Change a Team's Options

A batter who continues beyond 200 can help create a first-innings advantage large enough to alter the captain's plans. The side may consider a declaration, a follow-on where permitted, or more attacking fields when it bowls.

Time remains part of the calculation. A double-century accumulated rapidly can leave more overs for taking wickets, while a slower one may be valuable when the immediate objective is to avoid defeat.

The score alone does not establish which situation applied. Opponent, team total, remaining time and result provide the necessary match context.

Pujara's 352 Was a Different Milestone

His 352 against Karnataka in 2012–13 is an individual highest-score achievement within the same broader career. It also qualifies for the inclusive 200-plus count, but its size does not give it extra entries.

Comparing 352 with Dogra's 253 answers who made the larger innings, not who made more double-centuries. The two records can have different leaders or a shared leader depending on the category.

This is why a career profile benefits from separate columns for runs, centuries, double-centuries and highest score. Each describes a distinct feature of the batting record.

The Role of Match Opportunities

Not every appearance provides time to reach 200. A small chase can end before a batter approaches the milestone, while a declaration can close an innings with a player short of it. Weather and missing partners can also limit the opportunity.

Those circumstances do not justify awarding hypothetical double-centuries. The official count uses completed scores, but the context helps explain why raw totals are not a complete ranking of batting ability.

Pujara and Dogra's nine therefore stand as a specific domestic benchmark: repeated innings of at least 200, achieved within the Ranji Trophy. Their different career paths make the shared record more interesting without changing the counting rule.

The Milestone Does Not Reset at Two Hundred

A batter can continue beyond 200 towards 250 or 300, but that innings still contributes only one entry to the inclusive double-century count. The additional runs belong in the aggregate and highest-score columns.