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,[1] and made his state under-19 debut during the 1991–92 season, aged 16.
[3] 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.
[5] 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).