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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Other people|Anshuman|Anshuman}}
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{{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]]
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off spin]]
| role = [[Opening batsman]]
| club1 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| year1 = 1996–1997
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 304
| bat avg1 = 30.40
| 100s/50s1 = 1/0
| top score1 = 209*
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| runs2 = 58
| bat avg2 = 29.00
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| date = 14 August
| year = 2015
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18279/18279.html CricketArchive
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'''Anshuman Vachaspati Pandey''' (born 26 September 1975) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er who played for [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] in 1996 and 1997. He is best known for accomplishing the rare feat of scoring a [[double century]] on his [[first-class cricket|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 cricket team|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 [[Declaration and forfeiture|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 cricket team|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 [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|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 (cricket)|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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