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The records broken by the pair on the fourth morning are as follows:
3 - Double hundreds for Kohli in 2016 - the first Indian player to score three double hundreds in a calendar year. The others registering three or more such score in a year are Michael Clarke (four in 2012) and three each by Don Bradman (1930), Ricky Ponting (2003) and Brendon McCullum (2014).
3 - Kohli became the third player to score three or more double hundreds in a calendar year while leading the side after Clarke (four in 2012) and McCullum (three in 2014). Before this year, there were just four double hundreds by Indian captains in the 495 Tests played.
3 - Kohli became the third player in Test cricket history to score double hundreds in three successive series after Donald Bradman in 1930-31 and Rahul Dravid in 2003-04.
2 - Kohli became the second player in Test history to score double hundreds in three successive series after Donald Bradman, who achieved the feat in 1930-31.
617 runs by Kohli is the most runs for an Indian player in a series against England eclipsing 602 runs by Rahul Dravid in England in 2002. The only player with more runs in an India-England series is Graham Gooch who scored 752 from three Tests in 1990.
3 - Kohli became the third Indian player after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to aggregate over 600 runs in a series on two separate occasions. He scored 672 runs from four Tests in Australia in 2014-15 season.
212* by Kohli is the highest for an Indian skipper against England. He went past the 52-year-old record of MAK Pataudi who scored 203* in Delhi. Overall, it is the third highest by an Indian captain after 224 by MS Dhoni against Australia in Chennai in 2013 and 217 by Sachin Tendulkar against New Zealand in Ahmedabad in 1999.
0 - Higher scores for Kohli in all first-class cricket than his 212* today. He went past 211 against New Zealand in Indore he made in the previous series. His highest score in first-class cricket at the start of 2016 was 197 for Delhi in 2008 season.
2557 - Runs scored by Kohli for India in international cricket across formats in 2016. He has batted in 40 innings and averages 91.32 with seven hundreds and 13 fifties. Only Rahul Dravid (2626 in 62 innings) and Sourav Ganguly (2580 in 60), both in 1999, have scored more for India in any year.
215- run stand between Kohli and Yadav is the highest eighth-wicket stand for India in Test cricket surpassing 161 by Mohammad Azharuddin and Anil Kumble against South Africa in Kolkata in 1996. It is also the highest eighth-wicket stand against England in the last 100 years.
Jayant's 104 is the highest for an Indian No.9 in Tests bettering 90 by Farokh Engineer against New Zealand in Chennai in 1965. The previous highest against England was 71 by Syed Abid Ali in Manchester in 1974.
STATS: Kohli in a league of his own with a trio of doubles - Cricbuzz
3 - Double hundreds for Kohli in 2016 - the first Indian player to score three double hundreds in a calendar year. The others registering three or more such score in a year are Michael Clarke (four in 2012) and three each by Don Bradman (1930), Ricky Ponting (2003) and Brendon McCullum (2014).
3 - Kohli became the third player to score three or more double hundreds in a calendar year while leading the side after Clarke (four in 2012) and McCullum (three in 2014). Before this year, there were just four double hundreds by Indian captains in the 495 Tests played.
3 - Kohli became the third player in Test cricket history to score double hundreds in three successive series after Donald Bradman in 1930-31 and Rahul Dravid in 2003-04.
2 - Kohli became the second player in Test history to score double hundreds in three successive series after Donald Bradman, who achieved the feat in 1930-31.
617 runs by Kohli is the most runs for an Indian player in a series against England eclipsing 602 runs by Rahul Dravid in England in 2002. The only player with more runs in an India-England series is Graham Gooch who scored 752 from three Tests in 1990.
3 - Kohli became the third Indian player after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to aggregate over 600 runs in a series on two separate occasions. He scored 672 runs from four Tests in Australia in 2014-15 season.
212* by Kohli is the highest for an Indian skipper against England. He went past the 52-year-old record of MAK Pataudi who scored 203* in Delhi. Overall, it is the third highest by an Indian captain after 224 by MS Dhoni against Australia in Chennai in 2013 and 217 by Sachin Tendulkar against New Zealand in Ahmedabad in 1999.
0 - Higher scores for Kohli in all first-class cricket than his 212* today. He went past 211 against New Zealand in Indore he made in the previous series. His highest score in first-class cricket at the start of 2016 was 197 for Delhi in 2008 season.
2557 - Runs scored by Kohli for India in international cricket across formats in 2016. He has batted in 40 innings and averages 91.32 with seven hundreds and 13 fifties. Only Rahul Dravid (2626 in 62 innings) and Sourav Ganguly (2580 in 60), both in 1999, have scored more for India in any year.
215- run stand between Kohli and Yadav is the highest eighth-wicket stand for India in Test cricket surpassing 161 by Mohammad Azharuddin and Anil Kumble against South Africa in Kolkata in 1996. It is also the highest eighth-wicket stand against England in the last 100 years.
Jayant's 104 is the highest for an Indian No.9 in Tests bettering 90 by Farokh Engineer against New Zealand in Chennai in 1965. The previous highest against England was 71 by Syed Abid Ali in Manchester in 1974.
STATS: Kohli in a league of his own with a trio of doubles - Cricbuzz
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