Bengaluru, Aug. 29 -- Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar joined an exclusive club featuring former greats Vijay Merchant, Aravinda de Silva and others after hammering a double ton for Central Zone against North East Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy on Friday.

On the opening day, the 21-year-old stepped on the crease after Aayush Pandey fell in the third over for a mere score of 3(10). He restored the state of calmness by forging a 139-run stand with Aryan Juyal (60) and then added 199 runs with captain Rajat Patidar (125), who served as the stand-in skipper in the absence of Dhuv Jurel.

Stumps were forced to be taken early on day one due to bad light, and the rain eventually arrived in Bengaluru. Malewar stood unbeaten at 198 at that point...