Virat Kohli, the record breaking machine, added more milestones to his name on the second day of the first Test against West Indies. He scored 200 runs against West Indies ,
The latest record for the Indian skipper sees him go past Mohammad Azharuddin with the highest score by an Indian captain away from home. Azhar had previously scored 192 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1989-90 season.
- Kohli was chasing the overall record held by MS Dhoni who scored 224 against Australia in Chennai in 2013 but the current India skipper was dismissed first ball after session break, without adding a run to his score. Other names in this list include Sachin Tendulkar (217 vs New Zealand), Sunil Gavaskar (205 vs West Indies) and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (203* vs England).
- Just three captains have managed double hundreds in a Test match vs West Indies in the Carribean. Apart from Kohli, the first two were England’s Len Hutton (205 at Kingston in 1953-54) and Australia’s Bobby Simpson (201 at Bridgetown in 1964-65).
The records of Kohli
- Virat Kohli is the fifth Indian captain to score a double century in a Test match after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (2013 vs England), Sunil Gavaskar (205 vs West Indies), Sachin Tendulkar (217 vs New Zealand) and MS Dhoni (224 vs Australia).
- Kohli had a slump in form when India toured Bangladesh in June 2015. He contributed only 14 in the one-off Test which ended in a draw and averaged 16.33 in the ODI series which Bangladesh won 2–1
- In the first match of the World Cup against Pakistan at Adelaide, Kohli hit 107 in 126 balls, sharing 100-plus partnerships with both Dhawan and Raina, to help India set a total of 300 and win the match by 76 runs.
- In June 2013, Kohli featured in the ICC Champions Trophy in England which India won. He scored a match-winning 144 against Sri Lanka in a warm-up match
