WATCH | Virat Kohli slams record-breaking double century, equals Brian Lara for most Test double hundreds as captain

It seems every time Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli walks out to bat these days, he sets a new record. It was certainly the case as Kohli broke some and set many records during the ongoing second Test match against Sri Lanka on Sunday.  

Kohli slammed his fifth double hundred in Test cricket at the VCA stadium in Nagpur. Kohli has now equalled West Indies legend Brian Lara's record as the captain with most double tons in the longest format.

This was Kohli's first double hundred against Sri Lanka. All five of his double tons have come against different opponents - West Indies, New Zealand, England , Bangladesh and now Sri Lanka.

King Kohli scores his 5th double ton in Test cricket #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/k21iKvOZvg

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 26, 2017

Earlier in the day, Kohli scored his 19th Test century while batting Sri Lanka out of the Nagpur Test.

With this, Kohli has marker his 10th international hundred in this calendar year, and has surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of most centuries as an Indian skipper.

He went past Australia's Ricky Ponting (9 in 2005 and 2006) and South Africa's Graeme Smith (9 in 2005) for the most centuries by a captain in a calendar year. 

He now has the same number of Test 100s as former West Indies cricketer Clive Lloyd, Australia's Mark Taylor and Michael Hussey, Barbadian cricketer Gordon Greenidge and Len Hutton of England.