5 world records broken by Virat Kohli in 2017

Successive century and double century record in Tests

It was a year of many firsts for Virat Kohli

2017 was the year of many firsts for Virat Kohli.

Courtesy of his double century against Bangladesh, he became the first batsman in Test history to score a double century in four successive Test series. No other player has done it in more than three successive series before Kohli's feat, which started in West Indies, then continued against New Zealand and England at home before ending in the one-off Test against Bangladesh.

In the Test series against Sri Lanka, Kohli began with a duck before scoring an unbeaten 104, 213 and 243 in his next three innings. In the process, he became the first international captain to score three successive hundreds in a three-match Test series.