2017 Sri Lanka Tour of India -India Vs Sri Lanka Third Test @ Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi - Virat Kohli breaks Brian Lara's 11-year-old record as he completes his 6th double ton Sunday Dec 03,2017

Day Two Sunday Dec 03,2017 Third Test Vs SL @ Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi

Virat Kohli breaks Brian Lara's 11-year-old record as he completes his 6th double ton

Virat Kohli is undoubtedly on a record-breaking spree in this Test series. With every innings, every century, he seems to be heading towards breaking another record.

 This time around, Kohli broke Windies batting legend Brian Lara’s captaincy record. Kohli surpassed Lara’s number of double centuries in Test cricket as a captain.

Virat Kohli has 6 double centuries as a captain with a double ton against Sri Lanka in the third Test at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.

List of top 5 captains who have played most number of centuries as a captain 

• 6* Virat Kohli (India)
• 5 Brian Lara (West Indies)
• 4 Sir Don Bradman (Australia)
• 4 Graeme Smith (South Africa)
• 4 Michael Clarke (Australia)

But, Kohli’s double centuries did not just break one record. Kohli also equalled Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag’s tally of double centuries too. Before the third Test, Kohli equalled Rahul Dravid’s tally of double centuries with his splendid innings at Nagpur.

The 29-year-old is just one double ton away from becoming the batsman with most double centuries for India.

List of top five Indian batsmen with most number of centuries 

• 6* Virat Kohli
• 6 Virender Sehwag
• 6 Sachin Tendulkar
• 5 Rahul Dravid
• 4 Sunil Gavaskar

Virat Kohli's Six Double Tons

1) 200 Vs West Indies @ Antigua on July 21,2016

2)211 Vs New Zealand @ Indore on Oct 08,2016

3)235 Vs England @ Mumbai on Dec 08,2016

4)204 Vs Bangladesh @ Hyderabad on Feb 09,2017

5)203 Vs Sri Lanka @Nagpur on Nov 24,2017

6)243 Vs Sri Lanka @ Delhi on Dec 03,2017