V Kohli’s feat – becomes the only captain to score two centuries in a bilateral one day series on three occasions

V Kohli’s feat – becomes the only captain to score two centuries in a bilateral one day series on three occasions

V Kohli scored two centuries in the ongoing one day series against South Africa – 112 at Durban and 160 not out at Cape Town – to provide the twelfth occasion of a captain scoring two or more centuries in a bilateral one-day series irrespective of the matches played in the series.  All such occasions are tabulated below

V Kohli is the only captain to have performed such a feat on three occasions – against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka 2017, against New Zealand in India in 2017/18 and against South Africa in South Africa in 2017/18

No Player Team Mat 100 Oppn Venue Season
1 AB de Villiers RSA 5 3 Ind India 2015/16
2 InzamamulHaq Pak 5 2 Ind Pakistan 2003/04
3 GC Smith RSA 7 2 Eng South Africa 2004/05
4 MJayawardene Srl 5 2 Eng England 2006
5 RT Ponting Aus 3 2 NZl Australia 2007/08
6 CH Gayle Win 3 2 Pak UAE 2008/09
7 G Gambhir Ind 5 2 NZl India 2010/11
8 BRM Taylor Zim 3 2 NZl Zimbabwe 2011/12
9 AN Cook Eng 4 2 Pak UAE 2011/12
10 V Kohli Ind 5 2 Srl Sri Lanka 2017
11 V Kohli Ind 3 2 NZl India 2017/18
12 V Kohli Ind 5 2 RSA South Africa 2017/18

V Kohli scored two centuries in the ongoing one day series against South Africa – 112 at Durban and 160 not out at Cape Town – to provide the fourth occasion of a captain scoring two or more centuries in a bilateral one-day series played on away soil irrespective of the matches played in the series.  All such occasions are tabulated below

V Kohli is the only captain to have performed such a feat on two occasions – against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka 2017and against South Africa in South Africa in 2017/18

No Player Team Mat 100 Oppn Venue Season
1 AB de Villiers RSA 5 3 Ind India 2015/16
2 MJayawardene Srl 5 2 Eng England 2006
3 V Kohli Ind 5 2 Srl Sri Lanka 2017
4 V Kohli Ind 5 2 RSA South Africa 2017/18

 

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