NEW DELHI – Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday scored his sixth double century as captain against Sri Lanka during the third test in New Delhi.
Kohli, playing in his 63rd Test, took 238 deliveries to complete his second consecutive double hundred.
This is the second double century on the trot for the Indian captain.
Making a mockery of the Sri Lankan attack, Kohli reached the milestone in the company of Rohit Sharma who made a fine half-century before lunch, reports Indian media.
Virat Kohli now has as many six double centuries as Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. The Delhi batsman became the first international skipper to hit six double centuries in Test cricket.
He is also only the second Indian after Vinod Kambli to score back-to-back double hundreds. In 1993, the former left-handed batsman had scored 224 against England in Mumbai and 227 against Zimbabwe in Delhi.
Overall, Kohli is in the sixth place in the list of most double hundreds in a career, which is topped by Australian legend Don Bradman (12), followed by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (11), Lara (9), England’s Wally Hammond (7) and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (7).
