Batsmen batting at number four and five scoring 150 plus runs in an innings of which one is a double centurion

Batsmen batting at number four and five scoring 150 plus runs in an innings of which one is a double centurion

V Kohli {211} and AM Rahane {188} of India scored 150 plus runs while batting at number four and five against New Zealand at Indore in the ongoing test of which one is a double century providing the 15th such occasion in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No * Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 * 4 PBH May 285* 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
    5 MC Cowdrey 154 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
                   
2   4 GS Sobers 226 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 06 Jan 1960
    5 FMM Worrell 197* 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 06 Jan 1960
                   
3   4 Mushtaq Mohammad 201 1 Pak NZl Dunedin 07 Feb 1973
    5 Asif Iqbal 175 1 Pak NZl Dunedin 07 Feb 1973
                   
4 * 4 MH Denness 181 1 Eng NZl Auckland 20 Feb 1975
    5 KWR Fletcher 216 1 Eng NZl Auckland 20 Feb 1975
                   
5 * 4 GS Chappell 235 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
    5 GN Yallop 172 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
                   
6   4 SR Tendulkar 241* 1 Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
    5 VVS Laxman 178 1 Ind Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
                   
7   4 PD Collingwood 206 1 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
    5 KP Pietersen 158 1 Eng Aus Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
                   
8 * 4 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
    5 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                   
9   4 LRPL Taylor 151 1 NZl Ind Napier 26 Mar 2009
    5 JD Ryder 201 1 NZl Ind Napier 26 Mar 2009
                   
10   4 JH Kallis 224 1 SAF Srl Cape Town 03 Jan 2012
    5 AB de Villiers 160* 1 SAF Srl Cape Town 03 Jan 2012
                   
11   4 RT Ponting 221 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
  * 5 MJ Clarke 210 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
                   
12   4 MN Samuels 260 2 Win Ban Khulna 21 Nov 2012
    5 S Chanderpaul 150* 2 Win Ban Khulna 21 Nov 2012
                   
13 * 4 HM Amla 208 1 SAF Win Centurion 17 Dec 2014
    5 AB de Villiers 152 1 SAF Win Centurion 17 Dec 2014
                   
14   4 AC Voges 269* 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
    5 SE Marsh 182 1 Aus Win Hobart 10 Dec 2015
                   
15 * 4 V Kohli 211 1 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016
    5 AM Rahane 188 1 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016

V Kohli {211} and AM Rahane {188} of India scored 150 plus runs while batting at number four and five against New Zealand at Indore in the ongoing test of which one is a double century by the captain providing the sixth such occasion in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No * Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 * 4 PBH May 285* 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
    5 MC Cowdrey 154 3 Eng Win Birmingham 30 May 1957
                   
2 * 4 GS Chappell 235 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
    5 GN Yallop 172 1 Aus Pak Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
                   
3 * 4 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
    5 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                   
4   4 RT Ponting 221 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
  * 5 MJ Clarke 210 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
                   
5 * 4 HM Amla 208 1 SAF Win Centurion 17 Dec 2014
    5 AB de Villiers 152 1 SAF Win Centurion 17 Dec 2014
                   
6 * 4 V Kohli 211 1 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016
    5 AM Rahane 188 1 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016

There are only two occasions in the annals of test cricket when both the batsmen batting at number four and five have scored double centuries. Both the occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note  that on both the occasions, a captain has scored a double century

No * Pos Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 * 4 DPMD Jayawardene 240 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
    5 TT Samaraweera 231 1 Srl Pak Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                   
2   4 RT Ponting 221 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
  * 5 MJ Clarke 210 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012

 

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