V Kohli emulates SPD Smith and becomes the second captain to score a century and a half century in a test on five occasions

V Kohli emulates SPD Smith and becomes the second captain to score a century and a half century in a test on five occasions

V Kohli scored 97 and 103 in the ongoing test against England at Nottingham. It provides the fifth occasion of his scoring a century and a half-century in a test. He earned the distinction of becoming the second captain to score a century and a half-century in a test in the annals of test cricket. SPD Smith of Australia is the other captain to achieve such a feat. The feats of both these captains are tabulated below

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 V Kohli 115 141 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
  2 V Kohli 167 81 Ind Eng Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
  3 V Kohli 243 50 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
  4 V Kohli 149 51 Ind Eng Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
  5 V Kohli 97 103 Ind Eng Nottingham 18 Aug 2018
                 
2 1 SPD Smith 117 71 Aus Ind Sydney 06 Jan 2015
  2 SPD Smith 134* 70* Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
  3 SPD Smith 138 53* Aus NZl Christchurch 20 Feb 2016
  4 SPD Smith 130 63 Aus Pak Brisbane 15 Dec 2016
  5 SPD Smith 76 102* Aus Eng Melbourne 26 Dec 2017

 

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