Virat Kohli double ton, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara tons flatten Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli slammed his fifth double century, equalling the record set by Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid as India dominated against Sri Lanka in the Nagpur Test. (BCCI)

Updated on: Nov 26, 2017 4:41 PM IST

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Virat Kohli slammed his fifth double century, equalling the record set by Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid as India dominated against Sri Lanka in the Nagpur Test. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara continued on their merry ways as they strung together a 183-run stand for the third wicket. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli slammed his 19th Test century as India’s lead neared 300. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli had scored a century in his previous game in Kolkata, which had helped him get to 50 International centuries. (BCCI)

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Dasun Shanaka got the vital breakthrough as he sent back Cheteshwar Pujara for a magnificent 143. (BCCI)

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Dilruwan Perera got Ajinkya Rahane cheaply as Sri Lanka looked to stage a fightback. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli continued to make rapid progress as he registered his seventh score of 150-plus in Tests. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli found an able partner in Rohit Sharma and the duo extended India’s lead past 350. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli joined an elite league of cricketers as he notched up his fifth double century. With this knock, he matched Rahul Dravid’s tally of five double tons in this format. (BCCI)

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Virat Kohli’s fifth double ton as captain helped him draw level with West Indies batsman Brian Lara, who had also smashed five double centuries as captain. (BCCI)

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Rohit Sharma joined in the fun with his third double century as India reached 610/6, a lead of 405 runs. (BCCI)

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Ishant Sharma struck in the second ball of Sri Lanka’s innings as they got off to a bad start. (BCCI)

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Ravichandran Ashwin gave some tough moments to Lahiru Thirimanne and Dimuth Karunaratne. (BCCI)

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Sri Lanka suffered no further jolts as they ended on 21/1 at stumps on the third day, trailing India by a mammoth margin of 384 runs. (BCCI)