Possessing more records to his name than a gramophone company, Virat Kohli added more to the list here yesterday as he pummeled a hapless Sri Lanka en route to a fifth double century. What stood out in the knock of 213 - a record 10 international hundreds by a captain in a year, surpassing Ricky Ponting (2005, 2006) and Graeme Smith's (2005) nine - was not so much the weight of runs but the rate at which they were scored, given that most before him had merely meandered in the vicinity of 50 runs per 100 balls. Kohli struck at nearly 80.

India skipper Virat Kohli reacts while batting on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur yesterday. Kohli ended up scoring 213. Pic/AFP