Indian Captains to Score Double Centuries in Test Cricket

India as a team has seen several batters who have achieved some big things, especially in the longest format of the game, which includes scoring a double century in Test cricket.

This article talks about Indian Captains to Score Double Centuries in Test Cricket.

Indian Captains to Score Double Centuries in Test Cricket

Shubman Gill

The present Indian Test captain became the sixth player to score a double century in the longest format of the game as the captain of the team.

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Gill scored 269 runs against England in the second game of the five-match series at Edgbaston, which was also his first double hundred in Test cricket.

Gill broke several records on his way to his maiden double century, which includes the highest Test score by an Indian captain, surpassing Kohli's innings of 254 runs, which he played against South Africa in Pune in 2019.

Virat Kohli

India's most successful captain in Test cricket, Virat Kohli, also finds himself in the list of Indian captains to score a double century in Tests.

Kohli holds the record for the most double centuries by an Indian captain, the first of which came in 2016 against the West Indies.

Kohli was also the first Indian captain to score a double century outside Indi,a which came during the same match in which he scored his maiden double ton

The only Indian captain to score an overseas double century is Shubman Gill. The right-hander played an innings of 269 runs to register his name in the history books.

MS Dhoni

Former Indian wicketkeeper batter and captain MS Dhoni played an inning of 224 runs on a challenging wicket in Chennai, which is also his highest score in Test cricket.

Dhoni took on the Australian spinners and transferred the pressure on the Indians after India lost four wickets for less than 200 runs and were in a spot of bother.

MS Dhoni became the fourth Indian captain to score a double century in Test cricket and guided the team to a hard-fought win.

Sachin Tendulkar

The poster boy of Indian cricket in the 90s, Sachin Tendulkar, led India for the first time in a Test match against Australia in 1996.

Although Sachin captained India in a handful of games in his short stint as the captain of India, he was able to contribute with the bat during that period as well.

Sachin scored a double run as the captain of the team in a series against New Zealand in 1999.

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar also scored a double century as the captain of the Indian team against the West Indies in 1978 at his home ground in Mumbai to help India draw the match.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Tiger Pataudi, as he was famously known, was the first Indian captain to score a Test double ton.

The innings in question came against England, where he fought his way to score 203 runs and remained unbeaten.