22nd July (CRICKETNMORE) - India skipper Virat Kohli achieved another feat in international cricket on Friday as he scored his maiden double century in Test cricket during Day 2 of the first Test against West Indies at Antigua. Also Read India in strong position against WIndies on day 2

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He not only surpassed his previous highest score in Tests which was 169 against Australia made at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2014 but also broke Mohammad Azharuddin's 26-year-old record to become the first Indian captain to score a double hundred overseas. Azhar's 192 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1990 was the previous best by an Indian captain outside the country.


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