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Check how many records Virat broke on Saturday

December 02, 2017 20:25 IST

Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers and tells us how Virat Kohli creates record after record.

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Virat Kohli acknowledges the cheers at the Feroz Shah Kotla after scoring a century, December 2, 2017. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI

Virat Kohli ended day one of the Delhi Test with an unbeaten 156 -- his third hundred on the trot.

Virat scored 104* in the second innings of the Kolkata Test after getting out for a duck in the first innings.

He then scored 213 in India's only innings in the Nagpur Test.

 

Virat is the first captain ever to score three consecutive centuries on TWO occasions.

Virat started his captaincy stint with three consecutive centuries versus Australia.

The record of most consecutive centuries as a captain is held by South Africa's Alan Melville who scored four in a row versus England between 1938-1939 and 1947.

Hundreds in most consecutive innings as captain

BatsmanScoreVsVenueSeason
Season Four
Alan Melville 103 England Durban 1938-1939
  189 + 104* England Nottingham 1947
  117 England Lord's 1947
Season Three
Don Bradman 132 + 127* India Melbourne 1947-1948
  201 India Adelaide 1947-1948
Graham Gooch 333 + 123 India Lord's 1990
  116 India Manchester 1990
Mahela Jayawardene 195 England Colombo SSC 2007-2008
  213* England Galle 2007-2008
  136 West Indies Providence 2007-2008
Kumar Sangakkara 137 India Mumbai 2009-2010
  103 India Galle 2010
  219 India Colombo SSC 2010
Misbah-ul Haq 101 + 101* Australia Abu Dhabi 2014-2015
  102* New Zealand Abu Dhabi 2014-2015
Virat Kohli (Ind) 115 + 141 Australia Adelaide 2014-2015
  147 Australia Sydney 2014-2015
Virat Kohli 104* Sri Lanka Kolkata 2017-2018
  213 Sri Lanka Nagpur 2017-2018
  156* Sri Lanka Delhi 2017-2018

Other major records Virat broke on Saturday:

 

Rajneesh Gupta