Published on: Oct 11, 2019 3:57 pm IST|Updated on: Oct 11, 2019 5:37 pm IST
Team India skipper Virat Kohli was at very best to register his highest Test score unbeaten 254 against South Africa on Day 2 of Pune Test. Here’s a look at the many records that he broke during the marathon knock.
Highest Test Score for India 319 Virender Sehwag 309 Virender Sehwag 303* Karun Nair 293 Virender Sehwag 281 VVS Laxman 270 Rahul Dravid 254 Virender Sehwag 254* VIRAT KOHLI
Highest individual scores by India captains 254*Kohli v SA Pune 2019/20 243 Kohli v SL Delhi 2017/18 235 Kohli v Eng Mumbai WS 2016/17 224 Dhoni v Aus Chennai 2012/13
Double hundreds by Indian captains in Tests 7 – Virat Kohli 4 – all other 32 captains combined
Fastest to score 21,000 international runs: (No. of matches) 392 – VIRAT KOHLI* 396 – Brian Lara 418 – Sachin Tendulkar
Fastest to 7000 Test runs 131 – Hammond 134 – Sehwag 136 – Tendulkar 138 – Sobers, Sangakkara, KOHLI
Most 200s in Test cricket 12 Don Bradman 11 Kumar Sangakkara 9 Brian Lara 7 Wally Hammond/ Mahela Jayawardene/ Virat Kohli *
Most Test Runs for India 15921 Sachin Tendulkar 13265 Rahul Dravid 10122 Sunil Gavaskar 8781 VVS Laxman 8503 Virender Sehwag 7212 Sourav Ganguly 7054* VIRAT KOHLI
Most 600-plus totals under a captain in Tests 10 – Virat Kohli* 5 – Allan Border, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Graeme Smith
Improving HS most often in Tests V Kohli 15 DB Vengsarkar 11 KC Sangakkara 10 JH Kallis 10 DR Martyn 10