Indian captains scoring fifties in both innings of a test – V Kohli becomes the first Indian captain to score twin fifties in a test on five occasions
V Kohli scored 97 and 103 in the ongoing test against England at Nottingham as at the lunch on the third day of the test providing the 18th occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | VS Hazare | 89 | 56 | v England | Leeds | 05 Jun 1952 |
| 2 | MAK Pataudi | 86 | 53 | v Australia | Mumbai (BS) | 10 Oct 1964 |
| 3 | MAK Pataudi | 64 | 148 | v England | Leeds | 08 Jun 1967 |
| 4 | MAK Pataudi | 75 | 85 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1967 |
| 5 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 73 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 6 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | v West Indies | Kolkata | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 7 | SR Tendulkar | 116 | 52 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 8 | SC Ganguly | 68 | 99 | v England | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 9 | R Dravid | 81 | 68 | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Jun 2006 |
| 10 | MS Dhoni | 92 | 68* | v Australia | Mohali | 17 Oct 2008 |
| 11 | MS Dhoni | 56 | 55 | v Australia | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |
| 12 | MS Dhoni | 52 | 56* | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Apr 2009 |
| 13 | MS Dhoni | 77 | 74* | v England | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 14 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 15 | V Kohli | 167 | 81 | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 16 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 17 | V Kohli | 149 | 51 | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 18 | V Kohli | 97 | 103 | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 |
V Kohli’s 97 and 103 provides the fifth occasion of his scoring twin fifties in a test. He became the first Indian captain to score twin fifties on five occasions. He went past MS Dhoni who had scored the fifties in both innings of a test on four occasions. The following table lists the performance of MS Dhoni and V Kohli
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 92 | 68* | v Australia | Mohali | 17 Oct 2008 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni | 56 | 55 | v Australia | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |
| 3 | MS Dhoni | 52 | 56* | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Apr 2009 |
| 4 | MS Dhoni | 77 | 74* | v England | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| 1 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 2 | V Kohli | 167 | 81 | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 3 | V Kohli | 243 | 50 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 4 | V Kohli | 149 | 51 | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 97 | 103 | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 |