Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive Test series

Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Friday became the first batsman in the history of Test cricket to record four double hundreds in four consecutive Test series. By virtue of his 204 against Bangladesh at Hyderabad, the 28-year-old right-hander entered his name into the history books and his score further strengthened India’s position in the game.

Prior to this game, Kohli was on level terms with Sir Don Bradman and Rahul Dravid as the other batsmen to have made three double centuries in three consecutive series, but with a 200+ score in this game, Kohli has created a new benchmark for the other players to look up to.

Kohli’s first double ton came in the series against the West Indies in the West Indies, where in the opening Test at Antigua, he made 200. Then in the third Test of the home series against New Zealand at Indore, he bettered that score, making 211 in the first innings.

Then in the next series against England, he made 235 in the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The innings also helped him score the highest individual score for an Indian captain and now in this one-off Test against Bangladesh, Kohli notched up his fourth double century.

With four more Tests still to go against Australia at home, one can surely expect Kohli to add to his tally, particularly on pitches which are expected to be batsman-friendly. And if he does notch up big scores in that series as well, then he would have once again put his side in prime position to defeat the Aussies.

No.	Name	Double centuries	Season
1.	Virat Kohli	4*	2016/17
2.	Sir Don Bradman	3	1930
3.	Rahul Dravid	3	2003/04

In his innings against Bangladesh, Kohli broke a few more records as well. One of them was going past Virender Sehwag for the most number of runs made in a single home season. Sehwag had amassed 1105 runs in the 2004/05 home season and on reaching 144, Kohli managed to surpass that mark.

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Bangladesh became the seventh nation on Thursday against whom Kohli has notched up a Test century. And now only Pakistan and Zimbabwe remain the only two teams against whom he is yet to get a three-figure mark.

In the 22 Test matches that he has captained so far, Kohli has lost only two of them and with his performance in this game, he has already put India in prime position for yet another Test win.