India captain Virat Kohli rated his first double century in North Sound, Antigua, against the West Indies and the one against England at home as his two most knocks after scoring a record seventh double hundred against South Africa in the second Test in Pune on Friday.
“All double hundreds feel good but if you ask me, Antigua and Mumbai against England. One was away from home and another one against England in challenging conditions,” Virat Kohli told BCCI’s official website after the second Day’s play.
Kohli broke a couple of records on Friday to his career-best 254 as India posted a massive total of 601/5 before declaring. Kohli also reached the feat in his 81st Test and in the process he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag who both had scored six double hundreds in their stunning careers to become the only Indian with the most double centuries.
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“It feels good to get most number of double hundreds (by an Indian in Tests). It’s a nice little thing to have,” Kohli said.”I struggled to get big scores initially but as soon as I became captain you invariably start thinking about the team all the time, you cannot think of yourself. In that process, you end up batting more than you can imagine so that’s been the mindset for a very long time,” said the captain.
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“It’s difficult but if you think about the team you end up batting 3-4 hours more than you would have. It was humid, that was the only challenging thing. Then (Ravindra) Jadeja came and you had to run hard with him,” he expressed.
Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja (91) who promoted to No. 6 with Hanuma Vihari not playing, shared a 225-run partnership for the fifth wicket and the captain said that the stand helped them to score big.
“Plan was simple to get to 600 and get them to bat tonight. Jaddu batted brilliantly and allowed me to not take too many risks. That partnership set things up nicely for us. We ended up bowling 15 overs and got three wickets as well,” he concluded.
