Overview
- Shaw smashed 222 off 156 balls with 29 fours and five sixes, reaching his double century in 141 deliveries after a 72-ball hundred.
- Maharashtra declared at 359/3 to set Chandigarh 464, then closed out victory by 144 runs as the result capped the Round 2 fixture.
- Reports differ on the feat’s place in the record books, with outlets calling it the second-fastest Ranji Elite double hundred or third-fastest overall.
- Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored 116 in the first innings, shared his Player of the Match award with Shaw in a post-match gesture.
- Shaw moved from Mumbai in June on an NOC after fitness and discipline setbacks and an IPL 2025 auction snub, making this his first century in 20 months.