Stats: King Kohli's plethora of records in Mumbai
3 Number of double hundreds scored by Virat Kohli in Test cricket in 2016 – most by an Indian in a calendar year. Before him Vinod Kambli (in 1993), Rahul Dravid (2003), Sachin Tendulkar (2004), Virender Sehwag (2008) and Sachin Tendulkar (2010) had scored two double hundreds each.
5 Number of batsmen to have hit three double tons in a calendar year. Virat joined Michael Clarke (4 in 2012), Don Bradman (3 in 1930), Ricky Ponting (3 in 2003) and Brendon McCullum (3 in 2014).
235 Virat’s score – highest by an Indian captain in Test cricket, beating MS Dhoni’s 224 against Australia at Chennai in 2013. His innings is also the highest for India against England, beating Vinod Kambli’s 224 also at Wankhede in 1993.
7 Number of double hundreds scored by Indian captains in Test cricket. Three of them have come off Virat Kohli’s bat! No one else has scored more than one double hundred as India’s captain. Tiger Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni are the other Indian captains with a double hundred in Tests.
0 Number of Test hundreds scored by a number 9 batsman for India before Jayant Yadav. The 90 by Farokh Engineer against New Zealand at Madras in 1965 was the previous highest such score. Interestingly Yadav’s 211 for Haryana against Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy match in 2012 is the highest score by a number nine batsman in Indian first-class cricket.
241 Runs added by Virat Kohli and Jayant Yadav – highest eighth wicket stand for India against any country. The previous highest was 161 between Mohammad Azharuddin and Anil Kumble against South Africa at Kolkata in 1996. Interestingly Jayant also features in the highest eighth wicket partnership in Indian first-class cricket. He had added 392 runs with Anil Kumble for Haryana against Karnataka at Hubli in 2012 in a Ranji Trophy match.
118.3 Number of overs bowled by England spinners in Indian innings. The last time England had used spinners to bowl so many overs was in 1993 against India also at Wankhede when the trio of Eddie Hemmings, Phil Tufnell and Graeme Hick bowled 127.3 overs.
640 Runs scored by Virat Kohli in the series so far – most by an Indian in a series against England. Virat went ahead of Rahul Dravid who aggregated 602 runs in 2002. Incidentally Virat’s series-tally is also the highest by any subcontinent player against England, beating Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf’s 631 in 2006.
631 India’s total – their highest against England at home, beating 591 they made also at Wankhede in 1993.
2 Number of times Virat Kohli has scored 600 runs in a Test series. The other such instance was against Australia in 2014-15. Virat has now joined Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid in scoring 600 runs in a series on two occasions for India.
221 Runs scored by Jayant Yadav in the series – most by any player in his debut series while batting at number nine or lower.
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