Mayank Agarwal brought the VDCA Stadium, Vishakhapatnam to a standstill by scoring a half-century during day two of the first Test match. He became the only fourth batsman to convert his maiden century into a double hundred and joined the likes of Vinod Kambli, Dilip Sardesai and Karun Nair. Nonetheless, the Bangalore based batsman made way back to the pavilion ahead of tea on the score of 215 runs as Dane Piedt was the one who got his wicket and thus put an end to the stupendous innings. The internet users definitely hailed the feat and posted tweets on social media hailing the batsman.  India Vs South Africa, Cricket Score 1st Test Match. 

During the course of his innings, Agarwal slammed 23 fours and six sixes and batted at a stunning strike rate of 57.95. The players Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma dominated the first session and broke a few records. The two brought up 317 runs jointly. Needless to say that the social media users could not keep calm as Agarwal went on to slam a double ton.

Check out a few reactions below:

Message to KL Rahul

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Impressive

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Post tea, India is currently on 454 runs for the loss of five wickets with Hanuma VIhari playing on nine and Ravindra Jadeja batting on the same score. The Indian fans would want the bowlers to deliver quite a similar performance and bundle out the visitors no sooner they walk into bat.

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