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 |