After missing out to score big in the first Test against South Africa, Indian skipper Virat Kohli returned to his supreme best in the second game of the three-match series at Pune.
Leading the side from the front, the right-handed batsman completed his seventh Test double ton on Friday. And soon after getting a reprieve (was dismissed by Senuran Muthusamy off a no-ball), Kohli turned on the aggression to register his highest Test score – 254 not out. His previous best was 243 against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Here’s how the cricketing world congratulated Virat Kohli for his splendid innings:
100☑️
150☑️
200☑️
250☑️#Kingkohli 's marathon knock keeps getting bigger & better. 😍 #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/TCR9WOFXu7— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2019
7 test double hundreds already 🙈 . I'm sure @imVkohli will play for another 10 years which is scary to think what his numbers will be. 🐐
— Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) October 11, 2019
Virat CENTURY Kohli has now become Virat double century Kohli. Just unstoppable. Would like to put him in a time machine & watch him play Marshal, Thomson, Lillie, Akram, McGrath, more fun..because he’s made this bowling look like a school bowling attack. #INDvSA #ViratKohli
— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher) October 11, 2019
✌🏽🖐🏽✊🏽
Virat has a new personal best in test cricket – 254#ViratKohli #PlayBold #INDvSA #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/FBJJA9ZUkt
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) October 11, 2019
Progression Of Kohli's Highest Test Score👇
4, 15, 27, 30, 52, 63, 75, 116, 119, 141, 169, 200, 211, 235, 243, 254*#INDvSA
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) October 11, 2019
Double hundreds by Indian captains in Tests:
7 : Virat Kohli
4 : all other 32 captains combined#INDvSA— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 11, 2019
Well played @imVkohli .many more to come .
— Parvinder Awana (@ParvinderAwana) October 11, 2019
The landmarks flow for Virat Kohli. Like a champion batsman he breaks a 10 innings century drought with a double. And, something that is becoming noteworthy for him, without a single six! Most doubles by an Indian now and the small matter of 7000 test runs.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 11, 2019
For a modern day successful T20 batsman, that Virat is also able to grind out a whole session ( this morning) against quality bowling is his rare versatility & an important element of his greatness.👏👏👏🙏🙏#indvsa
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 11, 2019
Virat Kohli registers his best Test score and has now improved his career Test best score 15 times — which is a record.
Dilip Vengsarkar (11) is second in the list #INDvSA #INDvsSA— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) October 11, 2019
Congratulations skipper for ur 7 double 💯👏👏👏👏🇮🇳💪💪 and complete the 7 thousand test runs many more to come my bro 👏👏👏👏😊 @imVkohli 👑 pic.twitter.com/LJxM9WNq9n
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) October 11, 2019
Most Test double-centuries since June 2016:
Virat Kohli – 7
England – 3
New Zealand – 3
Pakistan – 3
Australia – 2
Bangladesh – 2
West Indies – 1#IndvSA— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 11, 2019
