KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka scored three hundreds in consecutive innings of which one is a double hundred. His feat read thus – 137 vs India at Mumbai {BS} Dec 2009 and 103 vs India at Galle in Jul 2010 and 210 vs India at Col-SSC in Jul 2010

KC Sangakkara became the 13^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score three or more hundreds in consecutive innings one of which is a double hundred The performance of these 13 batsmen are furnished below

No	Batsmen	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	R Dravid	4	115	3	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
			148	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
			217	2	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2002
			100*	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Oct 2002
2	GA Headley	3	270*	1	Win	Eng	Kingston	Mar 1935
			106	1	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1939
			107	3	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1939
3	DCS Compton	3	163	3	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jun 1947
			208	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1947
			115	2	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul 1947
4	DG Bradman	3	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Jan 1948
			127*	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Jan 1948
			201	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1948
5	GS Sobers	3	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	Feb 1958
			125	2	Win	Pak	Georgetown	Mar 1958
			109*	4	Win	Pak	Georgetown	Mar 1958
6	SM Gavaskar	3	111	1	Ind	Pak	Karachi	Nov 1978
			137	3	Ind	Pak	Karachi	Nov 1978
			205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Dec 1978
7	Zaheer Abbas	3	215	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Dec 1982
			186	2	Pak	Ind	Karachi	Dec 1982
			168	2	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 1983
8	M Nazar	3	231	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	Jan 1983
			152*	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Jan 1983
			152	2	Pak	Ind	Karachi	Jan 1983
9	GA Gooch	3	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
			123	3	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
			116	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
10	VG Kambli	3	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Feb 1993
			227	1	Ind	Zim	Delhi	Mar 1993
			125	1	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 1993
11	DPMDJayawardene	3	195	2	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Dec 2007
			213*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	Dec 2007
			136	1	Srl	Win	Providence	Mar 2008
12	HM Amla	3	253*	1	SAF	Ind	Nagpur	Feb 2010
			114	1	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010
			123*	3	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010
13	KC Sangakkara	3	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
			103	1	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2010
			219	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010

The following are the interesting facts that are observed in this category of statistics. R Dravid remains the only batsman to score four hundreds in consecutive innings which includes a double hundred

No	Batsmen	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	R Dravid	4	115	3	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
			148	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
			217	2	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2002
			100*	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Oct 2002

GS Sobers of West Indies and GA Gooch of England are the only two batsmen whose feat includes a triple hundred

No	Batsmen	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GS Sobers	3	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	Feb 1958
			125	2	Win	Pak	Georgetown	Mar 1958
			109*	4	Win	Pak	Georgetown	Mar 1958
2	GA Gooch	3	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
			123	3	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
			116	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara are the two Sri Lankan batsmen in this elite list

No	Batsmen	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DPMDJayawardene	3	195	2	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Dec 2007
			213*	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	Dec 2007
			136	1	Srl	Win	Providence	Mar 2008
2	KC Sangakkara	3	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
			103	1	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2010
			219	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010

VG Kambli’s feat includes two double hundreds and he remains the only batsman in this category of statistics to include to two double hundreds in his three hundreds in consecutive innings

No	Batsmen	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	VG Kambli	3	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Feb 1993
			227	1	Ind	Zim	Delhi	Mar 1993
			125	1	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 1993