JE Root scored 228 against Sri Lanka at Galle in the ongoing test to provide the 83^rd occasion of a captain scoring a double century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England captain scoring a double century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WR Hammond	240	1	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1938
2	L Hutton	205	2	Win	Kingston	Mar 1954
3	PBH May	285*	3	Win	Birmingham	May 1957
4	ER Dexter	205	2	Pak	Karachi	Feb 1962
5	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birmingham	Aug 1985
6	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
7	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2015
8	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	Nov 2019
9	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021

JE Root became the first England captain to score double century on two occasions. Prior to this, he had scored 226 against New Zealand at Hamilton in Nov 2019. Both the occasions are tabulated below. His 228 in this test is his highest individual innings.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	Nov 2019
2	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021

JE Root became the third captain to score a double century in a test innings on Sri Lankan soil after SP Fleming of New Zealand and Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 2003
2	Mushfiqur Rahim	200	2	Ban	Srl	Galle	Mar 2013
3	JE Root	228	2	Eng	Srl	Galle	Jan 2021