India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 2nd Test, Day 3: Stats, Virat Kohli overtakes Sir Don Bradman with brilliant double ton

Sri Lanka ended day three of the second Test against India at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur with the scorecard reading 21/1, trailing the hosts by 384 runs. The Lankans lost their opener Sadeera Samarawickrama for a duck off the second ball of the innings when he shouldered arms to an incoming Ishant Sharma delivery that hit the top of off stump.

Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne go back to the pavilion as the overnight batsmen with scores of 11 and nine respectively. Earlier in the day, Virat Kohli declared the Indian innings at 610 for 6, with a first-innings lead of 405 runs.

Overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli started off on a positive note as the Indian skipper notched up his 19th Test fifty. Just before lunch, India lost Pujara for 143 and soon after lunch, Ajinkya Rahane was sent back to the pavilion for just two. Rohit Sharma, who is playing his first Test in over a year, joined the skipper at the crease and the duo kept the scorecard ticking without taking any risks.

Kohli reached his 150 and Rohit followed it up with his fifty. The duo took the game away from Sri Lanka with some fantastic batting display. Kohli reached his fifth double century before he was dismissed for 213. Just after the drinks interval in the third session, Rohit scored his third Test ton before the captain called the batsmen back to the pavilion.

Let us take a look at the statistical analysis from the third day of the second Test.

3- This is just the third time that four of the top-6 Indian batsmen have scored a century in same Test innings.

3- This is Rohit Sharma's third consecutive score of over 50 in Tests.

5- Number of Test double centuries scored by Virat Kohli as a captain, the most by any captain equalling Brian Lara. Kohli went past Sir Don Bradman's tally of four double tons as a skipper.

6- Number of 150-plus scores registered by Virat Kohli as an Indian captain in Tests, the most by any other Indian skipper.

7- This is India's seventh 600+ total in Test cricket under Virat Kohli. No team has more than five 600+ totals under a captain.

10- Virat Kohli scored his tenth international hundred this year, the most by any captain in a calendar year surpassing Ricky Ponting's 9 centuries in 2009.

12- Virat Kohli scored his twelfth Test century as an Indian captain, the most by any other Indian skipper. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 11 tons.

30- India have crossed 600 in Tests for the 30th time. Only Australia are ahead of India with 32.

53- Number of innings taken by Cheteshwar Pujara to score 3000 Test runs in India, fastest by an Indian batsman. He broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of 55 innings.

213- Virat Kohli's 213 is now the highest score by an Indian captain in a Test innings against Sri Lanka. Kohli overtook Kapil Dev's 163 which the former skipper scored in Kanpur in 1986.