India v Sri Lanka, 2017: 3rd Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

Virat Kohli continued his supremacy over the Sri Lankans as he struck his 2nd consecutive double hundred in this series and the 6th of his Test career with all of them coming in the last 17 months. The Indian captain registered his highest Test score of 243 before getting out. India declared their innings on 536/7 after Delhi’s smog saw Sri Lankan players struggling which caused regular interruptions. Sri Lanka recovered after losing a couple of early wickets to reach 131/3 by end of 2nd day’s play.

All the stats and numbers created during Virat Kohli’s 6th double hundred.

2 – Virat Kohli became only the 2nd Indian after Vinod Kambli (in 1993) and the 6th player overall to score double centuries in consecutive innings in Test cricket. He is also the 2nd to do this feat as a captain after Michael Clarke (in 2012.)

3 – Virat Kohli became the 3rd Indian to score 1000+ Test runs in consecutive calendar years. Sunil Gavaskar scored 1000+ Test runs in 1978 and 1979 while Sachin Tendulkar scored in 2001 and 2002. Kohli also became the first Indian and the 8th overall to score 1000+ Test runs as captain in consecutive years.

6 – Kohli became the 1st captain in Test history to score six double centuries. He went past Brian Lara’s tally of five double centuries as a Test captain.

6 – Kohli’s six double centuries are the joint most by any player for India in Test cricket. Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar also scored six double tons in their Test career.

18 – Number of century partnerships between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in International cricket. These are the joint most for any pair in International cricket since their first innings as a pair in February 2010. These 18 100-run partnerships are also the most for an Indian pair since 2005.

238 – Virat Kohli’s 238-ball double century is the 2nd fastest Test double by an Indian captain. MS Dhoni needed 231 balls for his double century in 2013 against Australia in Chennai. Kohli’s previous fastest double century came off 239 balls against Bangladesh earlier this year. Overall, this double ton is the 7th fastest among the 51 Test 200s recorded for India with the top five recorded by Virender Sehwag.

243 – Kohli’s 243 is his highest score in Test cricket and also the highest individual score by an Indian captain in Test cricket. He went past his record 235 against England in Mumbai last year. The 243-run knock by Kohli is also the highest Test score for any player at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

420 – Days between Kohli’s 2nd double hundred and his double in this game. This is the shortest span for any player for five Test double tons. Kohli’s first five 200s came in a space of 492 days.

499 – Kohli’s six double centuries in Test cricket have come in a space of 499 days. This is the shortest span for any player for six 200s in Test cricket going past Bradman, whose first six double tons came in a span of 581 days.

560 – Kohli’s series aggregate of 560 runs is the highest by an India in a 3-match Test series. He went past Virender Sehwag’s 544 runs during the 3-match home series against Pakistan in 2005. Kohli’s 560 runs are also the 3rd most for a captain and the 8th most for any player in a three or fewer match Test series.

2009 – Mohammad Shami dismissing Dimuth Karunaratne on the first ball was the first instance for India where they bagged a wicket on the very first ball of the opposition’s innings since 2009. Zaheer Khan got Tillakaratne Dilshan on the very first ball of Sri Lankan first innings in Kanpur Test in 2009.