On August 22nd, 1896 KS Ranjitsinhji scored two hundred in a day for Sussex against Yorkshire at Hove. He made 100 in the first innings (resuming on 0* after a rain-affected second day) and when Sussex followed on saved the match with 125*. Ranji, 23, who had made his Test debut the previous month, scored his first hundred in 90 minutes and his second in just under two hours. His achievement has never been matched. Matthew Elliott completed two hundred on the same day in 1995 but had resumed his first innings on 98, Stylish Man. We still have Ranji Trophy named after him.
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