Reaching a double century is a significant achievement for any batter In their careers as testers, only few players have accomplished this accomplishment. Six batters have, nonetheless, amassed double hundreds in back-to-back test matches. The occurrence of batsmen hitting successive double hundreds (200) throughout test cricket will be discussed in this article.
There had only been two Indians in this esteemed list for the longest time possible. However, earlier today, another Team India batter joined this illustrious list. The consistency required to accomplish this iconic feat is immense. Let’s take a look at the only three batters to have consecutive double hundreds for Team India in Test cricket.
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Here are the Indian batters with consecutive double-centuries in Test cricket
3) Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli (Source-Twitter)
Vinod Kambli was one of the best left-handers India has ever produced. He became the first-ever Asian batter to accomplish this extraordinary achievement. Although the Southpaw’s career wasn’t very lengthy, he was successful when given the chance. Him and Sachin Tendulkar were the best of friends and that showed in their batting abilities as well.
He was the sole individual to accomplish this feat, however, whilst playing two separate teams. He scored 224 against England in Mumbai in February 1993. His second Test double hundred came in Delhi in March 1993, where he scored 227 against Zimbabwe.
2) Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Source-Twitter)
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the latest player to join the list of consecutive double hundreds for Team India in the oldest format of the game. He might just be the fastest player in the history of the game to achieve this milestone. It is very hard to believe that he is just playing in his seventh Test for India.
The Mumbai batter scored his first-ever double hundred during the second Test in Vizag against England. That one came under pressure against the mighty English bowling attack. The second double hundred came against England as well but this time in Rajkot. His innings proved to be the base to build their massive lead around.
1) Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli (Source-Twitter)
The historic mark for the highest number of double hundreds scored by an Indian batsman in test cricket is currently held by Virat Kohli. It is impressive that he has seven double hundreds throughout his career.
Nonetheless, Virat has struck two straight double hundreds against Sri Lanka in the 2017 test series. In the Nagpur test, he got 213 runs in the second innings. During the Delhi test, he made 225 runs without being dismissed during the first innings. At that time, he was just the second Indian to achieve this feat.
