V Kohli’s yet another feat – becomes the first captain to score 200 plus runs in a test on ten occasions in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli’s yet another feat – becomes the first captain to score 200 plus runs in a test on ten occasions in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli became the first captain in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs in a test on ten occasions in the annals of test cricket when he totaled 200 runs in the just concluded test against England at Nottingham. He scored 97 and 103 in this test. BC Lara and RT Ponting are the other two captains who have scored 200 plus runs in a test on seven occasions. The performance of these three captains is tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Tot Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 115 141 256 Ind Aus Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
2 V Kohli 200 200 Ind Win North Sound 21 Jul 2016
3 V Kohli 211 17 228 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016
4 V Kohli 167 81 248 Ind Eng Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
5 V Kohli 235 235 Ind Eng Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
6 V Kohli 204 38 242 Ind Ban Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
7 V Kohli 213 213 Ind Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
8 V Kohli 243 50 293 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
9 V Kohli 149 51 200 Ind Eng Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
10 V Kohli 97 103 200 Ind Eng Nottingham 18 Aug 2018
                 
1 BC Lara 213 DNB 213 Win Aus Kingston 13 Mar 1999
2 BC Lara 91 122 213 Win Aus Port of Spain 19 Apr 2003
3 BC Lara 209 209 Win Srl Gros Islet 20 Jun 2003
4 BC Lara 202 5 207 Win SAF Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
5 BC Lara 115 86 201 Win SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
6 BC Lara 400* 400 Win Eng St John’s 10 Apr 2004
7 BC Lara 216 216 Win Pak Multan 19 Nov 2006
                 
1 RT Ponting 207 4* 211 Aus Pak Sydney 02 Jan 2005
2 RT Ponting 149 104* 253 Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
3 RT Ponting 120 143* 263 Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
4 RT Ponting 103 116 219 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
5 RT Ponting 196 60* 256 Aus Eng Brisbane 23 Nov 2006
6 RT Ponting 101 99 200 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
7 RT Ponting 209 89 298 Aus Pak Hobart 14 Jan 2010

 

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