Kohli is thrilled upon bringing up his double century
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India captain Virat Kohli made a historic double hundred and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha scored a brilliant century to leave Bangladesh in dire straits on the second day of the one-off Test in Hyderabad.
With his double century, Kohli became the first player in history to score a double hundred in four consecutive series.
Furthermore, with four double hundreds to his name as captain, Kohli now only trails behind legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara, who made five double centuries during his time as skipper.
In addition to this, Kohli became only the third captain in Test history to make a double century against Bangladesh. The other two to accomplish the feat are New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming in 2004 and South Africa’s Graeme Smith in 2008.
Starting off the day on 356/3, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane converted their 122-run partnership into a 222-run stand before Rahane was dismissed by Taijul Islam for 82 off 133 balls, which included 11 boundaries.
Rahane scored his 10th Test fifty
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Kohli went on to make 204 off 246 deliveries, which included 24 boundaries, before he was trapped lbw off the bowling of Taijul.
Despite Kohli’s dismissal, India continued to take the attack to Bangladesh as Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin put together a 74-run partnership before Ashwin was sent packing by Mehedi Hasan Miraz for 34.
Saha and Ravindra Jadeja kept the runs flowing with an unbeaten 118-run stand, during which Saha surpassed his hundred and Jadeja his half-century, before Kohli decided to declare with his side on 687/6.
Jadeja made his fifth half-century in Test cricket
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Saha ended up making a career-best 106, which came off 155 balls and included seven boundaries and two sixes, while Jadeja made 60 off 78 deliveries, which included four boundaries and two sixes.
Saha celebrates after scoring his second Test hundred
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Taijul was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets, while Mehedi snapped up two and Taskin Ahmed chipped in with one.
Trailing by 687 runs, Bangladesh lost opening batsman Soumya Sarkar early on as he was caught behind off the bowling of Umesh Yadav for 15 in the third-last over of the day.
Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque ensured Bangladesh reached stumps safely and amassed an unbeaten three-run partnership into the process.
Iqbal finished on 24 off 48 balls, which included three boundaries, while Mominul remained undefeated on one.
Yadav was the only bowler to take a wicket.
Bangladesh ended day two on 41/1 and will continue batting on Saturday at 09:30 local time or 04:00 GMT.