India made a great comeback in the third Test match at Trent Bridge and beat the hosts by 203 runs after losing the first two Test matches at Edgbaston and Lord's. Skipper Virat Kohli led from the front by scoring 97 runs in the first innings and 103 runs in the second innings. In this test match, other Indian batsmen like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara also supported him well from the other end. During this Test match Virat Kohli made and broke several records and here is a look at all those records.
Records Virat Kohli made in the third Test match at Trent Bridge :
11 - Number of Test hundreds scored by Virat Kohli outside Asia - the fourth most by an Asian player outside Asia.
Most Test hundreds by Asian players outside Asia -
Player | Team | Match | Innings | 100 |
Sachin Tendulkar | IND | 77 | 135 | 18 |
Sunil Gavaskar | IND | 46 | 81 | 15 |
Rahul Dravid | IND | 68 | 124 | 14 |
VIRAT KOHLI | IND | 30 | 55 | 11 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | PAK | 51 | 90 | 10 |
Javed Miandad | PAK | 48 | 78 | 9 |
16 - Virat Kohli scored his 16th Test hundred as captain - the third most in the world.
Most Test hundreds as captain -
Player | Team | Match | Innings | 100 |
Graeme Smith | SA/ICC | `109 | 193 | 25 |
Ricky Ponting | AUS | 77 | 140 | 19 |
VIRAT KOHLI | IND | 38 | 63 | 16 |
Allan Border | AUS | 93 | 154 | 15 |
Steve Smith | AUS | 34 | 60 | 15 |
Steve Waugh | AUS | 57 | 83 | 15 |
23 - In the second innings of Trent Bridge Test Virat Kohli scored 23rd hundred of his Test career - the joint fourth most for India.
Most hundreds for India in Test cricket -
Player | Match | Innings | 100 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 51 |
Rahul Dravid | 163 | 284 | 36 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 34 |
VIRAT KOHLI | 69 | 118 | 23 |
Virender Sehwag | 103 | 178 | 23 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 99 | 147 | 22 |
440 - Virat Kohli has scored 440 runs in this series so far - the most by an Asian captain in a Test series in England.
Most runs scored by Asian captains in a Test series in England -
Player | Team | Match | Runs | Avg | 100 | Year |
VIRAT KOHLI | IND | 3* | 440 | 73.33 | 2 | 2018 |
M Azharuddin | IND | 3 | 426 | 85.20 | 2 | 1990 |
Javed Miandad | PAK | 5 | 364 | 60.66 | 1 | 1992 |
Sourav Ganguly | IND | 4 | 351 | 58.50 | 1 | 2002 |
MS Dhoni | IND | 4 | 349 | 34.90 | 0 | 2014 |
Vijay Hazare | IND | 4 | 333 | 55.50 | 0 | 1952 |
* still 2 more Tests remaining in ongoing India - England series
1834 - Runs scored by Virat Kohli as captain away from home in Test cricket - the most by any Indian Test captain.
Most runs scored by Indian captains away from home in Test cricket -
Player | Match | Innings | Runs | Avg | 100 | 50 |
VIRAT KOHLI | 19 | 31 | 1834 | 61.13 | 9 | 4 |
Sourav Ganguly | 28 | 43 | 1693 | 43.41 | 3 | 11 |
MS Dhoni | 30 | 53 | 1591 | 32.46 | 0 | 14 |
M Azharuddin | 27 | 41 | 1517 | 37.92 | 5 | 5 |
Rahul Dravid | 17 | 30 | 1219 | 46.88 | 4 | 6 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 13 | 21 | 1098 | 54.90 | 4 | 5 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 18 | 29 | 1023 | 37.88 | 2 | 5 |