IND vs SA, 2nd Test: Kohli Registers Highest Test Score After Shattering Tendulkar, Sehwag's Record

Kohli remained unbeaten on 254 as India declared the innings at 601/5. It was his highest Test score, betting the previous tally of 243 which he scored against Sri Lanka in 2017

The second day of the second test between India and South Africa belonged to Indian skipper Virat Kohli as he brought up the record 7^th double ton of his Test career. Noting up the triple figures for the first time in this calendar year, Kohli becomes the Indian batsman with the most number of double tons to his name. Ravindra Jadeja, who was promoted to bat at No. 6, slammed 91 runs off 104 deliveries at a strike rate of 87.50. His fiery innings was laced with 8 boundaries and 2 maximums. The duo of Kohli and Jadeja stitched a mammoth 225-run 5^th wicket stand to consolidate India’s position. The latter missed upon his 2^nd career ton off Senuran Muthusamy’s delivery in the 157^th over after which the skipper declared the innings. Kohli remained unbeaten on 254 as India declared the innings at 601/5. It was his highest Test score, betting the previous tally of 243 which he scored against Sri Lanka in 2017. The 30-year-old reached his seventh double century in his 81st Test and in the process surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag who both had scored six double hundreds in their stellar careers. Australia legend Don Bradman tops the list of scoring most double hundreds (12), followed by Kumar Sangakkara (11), Brian Lara (9) and WR Hammond and Mahela Jayawardane who both scored seven 200s. During the course of his inning, Kohli also went past Bradman to become the player with most 150+ scores as Test captain. While Bradman had achieved the feat eight times in his career, Kohli has now done it nine times so far. Michael Clarke, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Graeme Smith are all tied at the third spot as they all achieved the milestone seven times. Friday's ton also saw Kohli becoming the fourth-fastest player to score 26 Test hundreds. He also equalled Ricky Ponting's record of scoring 19 Test hundreds as captain. He is also the only Indian to smash 40 hundreds in international cricket as captain and is now just two tons away from surpassing Ponting's tally of 41 Test tons as captain with most hundreds in international cricket. He also surpassed Dilip Vengsarkar's tally of 6,868 runs to climb to the seventh position in the list of players with most runs for India in the longest format of the game.