'Run Machine' Virat Kohli is 'Don' of new era as he jumps over 'The Wall'

Indias captain Virat Kohli celebrates his 200 runs during the test match against Bangladesh at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday PicPTIIndian captain Virat Kohli continued his unbelievable recordbreaking spree on Friday and joined a very elite and exclusive club that has cricket legends like Sir Donald Bradman Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith Michael Clarke and Brian Lara as the undisputed leader Kohli joined the club when he breached the 200run mark on day 2 at Hyderabad against Bangladesh on Friday The 28yearold thus has become the first batsman in Test history to score double centuries in four successive seriesThe Team India skipper has now gone past Australian legend Donald Bradman and Indias very own Rahul Dravid who both got double tons in three consecutive seriesKohli hit his maiden double hundred 200 at North Sound against the West Indies in July last year followed by 211 against New Zealand at Indore in OctoberThis was followed by his current careerbest score of 235 against England in Mumbai in December and now 204 against BangladeshKohli started Day 2 from his overnight 111 and then scored his fourth 200 that too in the fourth consecutive seriesThe purple patch Kohli has hit has seen him set a new record of having scored the most runs in a home seriesHe had broken the record for most runs by a batsman in a home Test season on Day 1 itself surpassing former teammate Virender Sehwags mark of 1105 in 200405He was eventually dismissed for 204 in the second session Kohli was finally trapped lbw off Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam and walked off to a standing ovation from a raucous home crowdIndias captain Virat Kohli kisses the field after scoring his maiden doublecentury during day two of the first cricket Test match against West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound Antigua in July 2016 PicAPPTIKohli had also scored double centuries in his three most recent series against West Indies New Zealand and England before reaching the 200run mark in the ongoing oneoff Test in HyderabadKohli who shared a 222run fourthwicket stand with Ajinkya Rahane hit 24 boundaries during his 246ball knock against a hapless Bangladesh attackIndias Virat Kohli during his masterful unbeaten knock on the first day of the Test cricket match between India and Bangladesh at The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday PicAFPKohli has also joined a special group and is the first captain in that select gathering to score three double hundreds in a season Five other captains have scored two double tons in one season They areDon Bradman 193637Graeme Smith 2003Brian Lara 200304Michael Clarke 201112Michael Clarke 201213Brendon McCullum 201314During his innings Kohli also registered the most Test runs in a home season breaking Virender Sehwags previous record of 1105 in 17 inningsKohli on Thursday completed 1000 runs in Tests played at home this season In doing so he has to become only the third Indian batsmans and only middleorder one to achieve the feat The others who achieved this record Virender Sehwag and Sunil Gavaskar both openersKohli also became the third batsman to score a double century at Hyderabads Uppal Stadium after New Zealands Brendon McCullum 225 and teammate Cheteshwar Pujara 201 He averages over 50 in 54 Test matches with 16 hundreds and 14 half centuries His highest score remains the 235 in the Mumbai Test against England last year