India vs South Africa 2nd Test: Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to smash seven double hundreds in Test cricket
Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Friday registered his 26th Test century during the second day of the Pune Test against Proteas. Kohli becomes the first Indian to smash seven double hundreds in Test cricket. He brought up his 26th Test century in the 109th over and the seventh double hundred in 144th over of the first innings. Now, the Indian skipper is having 26 Test centuries in just 81 matches. https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1182554612076695557 The 30-year-old also went past former Dilip Vengasarkar who had 6,868 Test runs in his run-scoring charts. Also, he surpassed Don Bradman's record to the most number of 150 plus scores as a captain in the International cricket. Virat Kohli is now at the 53rd position in the all-time list of the leading run-scorers in Test cricket. During the second Test match against South Africa, Virat Kohli became the second Indian skipper to lead the side in 50 Test matches, surpassing Sourav Ganguly. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1182559455856095233?s=20 Also Read Ind vs SA 2nd T20: India scripts history by winning the first-ever T20 against SA on home turf Former skipper MS Dhoni has led the Indian side for the most number of times in the longer format of the game. He led the team for 60 matches in the Test format. Now, Virat Kohli has 29 wins out of the 49 matches in the longer format of the game. India defeated South Africa in the first Test match by 203 runs. Now, India has declared the innings on 601-5 on Day 2, the hosts have claimed one wicket of Proteas as well. -PTC News
