5 world records broken by Virat Kohli in 2017

Most Test double centuries as captain

Virat Kohli broke Brian Lara's record

Despite only getting the full-time Test captaincy in 2015, Virat Kohli has already broken an all-time Test record inside three years.

While his first year as Test skipper yielded no double centuries, his second year saw him score three. In 2017, he scored three more, including back-to-back double centuries against Sri Lanka in India's final Test series of the calendar year. That helped him become only the seventh player in Test history and second Indian after Vinod Kambli to score Test double centuries in consecutive innings.

His double ton at Nagpur helped him go past Brian Lara, who held the world record for most Test double tons as captain. He got his sixth in just 50 innings as captain while Lara took 85 innings for his five double tons. And with the record already in the bag, don't be surprised if he extends his lead.