Virat Kohli is a well-known cricketer in the world. He is performing in all formats of cricket. His splendid performance in every cricket match always left his fans amazed. Virat Kohli is known as the 'Run Machine' due to the record of his scores in all formats of cricket. Like in all formats, in the test format of cricket, Virat Kohli had lots of achievements. Virat Kohli's fans always seem to be interested in knowing about his half-centuries, centuries, double centuries, etc. Here we will discuss how many double centuries of virat kohli. 

His Performance in Test Cricket Format: Record of His Double Centuries

Virat Kohli is a superstar for cricket fans. He has records in all the cricket formats. And in the test format, he stays longer to show his performance on every ball not to waste any. Take a look at his test format achievements:

• First Indian captain who made double centuries away from India(Virat Kohli double century against West Indies in 2016).
• Only captain who made seven double centuries in test format.
• Seven double centuries is the most by any Indian batsman.
• Made three double centuries in a single calendar year consecutively (2016 and 2017)
• He is in the top five who cross 7000 runs in test format fast.
• He is on a list of a few cricketers who made centuries in both innings of a test match.

Virat Kohli as 'Run Machine' in Test Cricket Format

A lot of records are named after Virat Kohli in cricket. In test format, he made twenty-nine centuries out of which he converted 7 of them to double centuries. His first double century is special in many ways as we discussed. He is the first Indian captain who made double centuries in red-ball cricket away from India.

He made his first double-century against the West Indies and made India win that match. This knock is special in many ways, Firstly this is the first double hundred by any Indian captain outside India. Also, this is the first double century of Virat Kohli before this he had made 11 centuries but this is his first double century after that in the same year he made two more double centuries against New Zealand and England respectively.  Now he made seven double tons which is most by any Indian batsman.

In his remarkable first double century, he started his innings with Shikhar Dhawan and continued with Ajyinkya Rahane then Ravi Chandran Ashwin. 

On the first day, he became unbeaten at 143 individual scores and converted it into a double hundred on the second day making it possible to declare the first innings of India to 566/8. In return, West Indies made 243 and 231 runs in the first and second innings respectively and India won the match by an innings and 92 runs.

Final Thoughts

Virat Kohli is the name meant only for cricket. This aggressive Indian cricket player always put his aggression to make unbeatable records in the cricket. 'Run Machine', Virat Kohli has 7 total double centuries in the test cricket format.