Virat Kohli became the first international skipper to hit six double centuries in Test cricket.
The Indian captain, who had emulated Rahul Dravid with his previous double century in Nagpur, also equalled Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag for most double hundreds for India in Tests.
The 29-year-old scored his record sixth Test double hundred on the second day of the ongoing third Test against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Kohli pulled pacer Suranga Lakmal and ran two to bring up his sixth double century in 238 balls, which included 20 boundaries.
He is also only the second Indian after Vinod Kambli to score back-to-back double hundreds. In 1993, the former left-handed batsman had scored 224 against England in Mumbai and 227 against Zimbabwe in Delhi.
Overall, Kohli is in the sixth place in the list of most double hundreds in a career, which is topped by Australian legend Don Bradman (12), followed by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (11), Lara (9), England’s Wally Hammond (7) and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (7).
The tributes poured in for the captain once again:
Seen batsmen churning out hundreds, Virat is churning out double hundreds!
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 3, 2017
6 in 17 months now. Incredible!
👏👏👏🙏🙏#INDvsSL
Hot take: Virat Kohli is good at the batting
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) December 3, 2017
6th double hundred for Virat in less than 500 days. Special players make it count and Virat Kohli is extra special. Amazing intent right from the beginning.#INDvSL
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 3, 2017
For normal mortal batsman, it's like I will practice more and do extra drills and extra effort every Sunday. For Virat Kohli, I will score a double century every Sunday. Scored one last Sunday, another one today. Kamaal Hai.#INDvSL
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 3, 2017
Six double hundreds in all of 17 months. Making batting look ridiculously easy. Can't be right? If it was, the others would stack up the same numbers. Modern Master. #INDvSL #RunMachine @imVkohli 👏🏻👏🏻
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) December 3, 2017
Waah mere cheeteehh! Another double century!! It's unreal how you outperform yourself each time 😵 Keep it up stage set for 300 Go for it @imVkohli 👌👌
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 3, 2017
Till 2016, Virat Kohli didn't have a single double century. Now he has six. Shows you that great players make a good phase really count.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 3, 2017
Kohli:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 3, 2017
ODIs - centuries machine
Tests - double-centuries machine#IndvSL
Back to back 200s for Kohli. Called it when he had 46. Even allowing for Sri Lanka’s attack, it’s extraordinary. #INDvSL
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) December 3, 2017
Virat Kohli keeps surpassing the standards set by Virat Kohli. #IndvSL
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) December 3, 2017
6th double hundred for Kohli, the most by a test captain, going past Lara's 5. Breathtaking stuff! #INDvSL
— Srini Mama 💲 (@SriniMama16) December 3, 2017
The only unfortunate part of Kohli's back to back double hundreds is the fact that he is in an exclusive club with Vinod Kambli now.
— cricBC (@cricBC) December 3, 2017