Former Indian captain Virat Kohli recently announced his retirement from Test cricket. It was huge sad news for the cricket fans, as Kohli had a significant role in making the modern-day Test cricket popular.
While we will surely miss Virat Kohli in Test cricket, here we are going through some key stats and records of Kohli’s Test double centuries.
Virat Kohli: Test double centuries
Runs scored | Opposition | Venue | Year |
200 | West Indies | North Sound | 2016 |
211 | New Zealand | Indore | 2016 |
235 | England | Wankhede | 2016 |
204 | Bangladesh | Hyderabad | 2017 |
213 | Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 2017 |
243 | Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2017 |
254* | South Africa | Pune | 2019 |
7 Test double centuries
With seven Test double hundreds, Kohli holds the record for the most Test double centuries by a captain.
With seven Test double centuries, Kohli also holds the record for the most Test double hundreds by an Indian.
Kohli stands in the joint fourth position in the list of most Test double centuries.
6 Test double centuries at home
Kohli has the joint-second-most Test double centuries record at home, along with Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara. Legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman holds this record with seven Test double centuries at home.
Double centuries in four successive Test series
Kohli was the first player to record double-centuries in four consecutive Test series.
Test double centuries in two consecutive innings
During the 2017 Nagpur and Pune Tests against Sri Lanka, Kohli slammed Test double hundreds in two consecutive innings (213 and 243). It was the seventh time that a batter recorded Test double centuries in two consecutive innings.
Test captain with two double centuries in a series
Kohli is the only Indian captain to record more than one double century in a Test series. During the Sri Lanka tour of India 2017/18 season, the Indian captain recorded Test double centuries in two consecutive innings by scoring 213 in Nagpur and 243 in Pune. It is the joint record for most Test double centuries by a captain in a Test series.
If we count non-captains, only legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman has a better record with three double-centuries in a Test series during the Ashes 1930.
Test captain with three double centuries in a season
While the Indian skipper Kohli hit three Test double centuries in the 2016/17 season, he was the only Test captain to record three double centuries in a season. It is still a record without any further challenge.
The overall record for most Test double centuries in a season is also three, where Kohli stands with the Australian legend Don Bradman and the Indian legend Rahul Dravid.
Highest Test scores by Indian captain
With his 254* and 243, Kohli holds the record for the top two highest scores in a Test innings by any Indian captain. Adding 235 runs, Kohli records three out of the top four highest Test innings scores by Indian captains.
Three double centuries in a year twice
In 2016 and 2017, captain Kohli smashed three double centuries each. Kohli is still the only cricketer to record three double centuries for more than one calendar year.
Only legendary Australian cricketer Michael Clarke has a better record in the list of most Test double centuries in a calendar year, who recorded it four times as a captain in 2012.
