{{short description|Indian cricketer}} {{Other people|Anshuman|Anshuman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Anshuman Pandey | fullname = Anshuman Vachaspati Pandey | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, India | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | family = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off spin | role = Opening batsman | club1 = Madhya Pradesh | year1 = 1996–1997 | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 304 | bat avg1 = 30.40 | 100s/50s1 = 1/0 | top score1 = 209* | deliveries1 = | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = n/a | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 58 | bat avg2 = 29.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 46 | deliveries2 = | wickets2 = | bowl avg2 = n/a | fivefor2 = | tenfor2 = | best bowling2 = | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 14 August | year = 2015 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/18279.html CricketArchive }} '''Anshuman Vachaspati Pandey''' (born 26 September 1975) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Madhya Pradesh in 1996 and 1997. He is best known for accomplishing the rare feat of scoring a double century on his first-class debut.
Pandey was born in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh,<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/18279.html Anshuman Pandey] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> and made his state under-19 debut during the 1991–92 season, aged 16.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Anshuman Pandey] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> A right-handed opening batsman, he was selected to make his senior debut for Madhya Pradesh in January 1996, against Uttar Pradesh during the 1995–96 Ranji Trophy season.<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Anshuman Pandey] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> On debut, Pandey opened the batting with Jai Yadav, and finished with 209 not out from a team total of 536/7 declared, with his innings lasting 545 balls and taking 676 minutes (over 11 hours) to complete.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61684.html Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh], Ranji Trophy 1995/96 (Central Zone)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> He and his captain, Chandrakant Pandit (who scored 202), put on 328 runs for the third wicket, which {{as of|2015|8|lc=yes}} is the highest partnership for Madhya Pradesh against Uttar Pradesh.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/Firstclass/MadhyaPradesh/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnerships_Madhya_Pradesh_v_Uttar_Pradesh.html Highest partnerships for Madhya Pradesh against Uttar Pradesh] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> Pandey became the third Indian (after Gundappa Viswanath and Amol Muzumdar) and tenth player overall to score a double century on his first-class debut, a feat which has since been accomplished by four more players (including two Indians).<ref name="cricinfo">[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/282925.html Records / First-class matches / Batting records / Double hundred on debut] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref>
Despite his debut performance, Pandey would go on to play only five more first-class matches, two more during the 1995–96 season and then three the following season.<ref name="fc"/> In the ten innings after his debut, he recorded only 95 runs at an average of 9.50,<ref name="prof"/> with a best of 24 against Railways.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62910.html Railways v Madhya Pradesh], Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (Central Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> Pandey did also play twice in the Ranji one-day competition, scoring 46 against Railways in October 1996,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Anshuman Pandey] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref> but he played no further matches for Madhya Pradesh after the 1996–97 season, finishing with an overall first-class batting average of 30.40.<ref name="prof"/> Of the fourteen players to score a double century on their first-class debut, only Norman Callaway (one match) and Arthur Maynard (two matches) had shorter careers.<ref name="cricinfo"/>
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