Sachin Tendulkar registered his fifth double hundred on Day 4 of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday.
Cricket's highest run-scorer in Test and One-Day Internationals got to the milestone hitting 23 fours and one six.
Tendulkar, who posted his 48th Test hundred on Day 3 of the Test, got to the 50-run mark with a six, and the 100 and 150 with a boundary each. However, his 200 came with a couple off Ajantha Mendis.
It was only the fourth instance -- after Stephen Fleming (274 at PSS), Brian Lara (221 at SSC) and Virender Sehwag (201 at Galle) -- of a foreign player scoring a double hundred on Sri Lankan soil.
Double centuries for India:
|
# |
Player |
Score |
Vs |
Venue |
Season |
|
1 |
PR Umrigar |
223 |
NZ |
Hyderabad |
1955-56 |
|
2 |
MH Mankad |
223 |
NZ |
Mumbai (BS) |
1955-56 |
|
3 |
MH Mankad |
231 |
NZ |
Madras (Corp) |
1955-56 |
|
4 |
Nawab Pataudi,Jr. |
203* |
Eng |
Delhi |
1963-64 |
|
5 |
DN Sardesai |
200* |
NZ |
Mumbai (BS) |
1964-65 |
|
6 |
DN Sardesai |
212 |
WI |
Kingston |
1970-71 |
|
7 |
SM Gavaskar |
220 |
WI |
Port-of-Spain |
1970-71 |
|
8 |
SM Gavaskar |
205 |
WI |
Mumbai (WS) |
1978-79 |
|
9 |
SM Gavaskar |
221 |
Eng |
The Oval |
1979 |
|
10 |
GR Viswanath |
222 |
Eng |
Chennai |
1981-82 |
|
11 |
AD Gaekwad |
201 |
Pak |
Jalandhar |
1983-84 |
|
12 |
SM Gavaskar |
236* |
WI |
Chennai |
1983-84 |
|
13 |
SV Manjrekar |
218 |
Pak |
Lahore |
1989-90 |
|
14 |
RJ Shastri |
206 |
Aus |
Sydney |
1991-92 |
|
15 |
VG Kambli |
224 |
Eng |
Mumbai (WS) |
1992-93 |
|
16 |
VG Kambli |
227 |
Zim |
Delhi |
1992-93 |
|
17 |
NS Sidhu |
201 |
WI |
Port-of-Spain |
1996-97 |
|
18 |
SR Tendulkar |
217 |
NZ |
Ahmedabad |
1999-00 |
|
19 |
RS Dravid |
200* |
Zim |
Delhi |
2000-01 |
|
20 |
SR Tendulkar |
201* |
Zim |
Nagpur |
2000-01 |
|
21 |
VVS Laxman |
281 |
Aus |
Kolkata |
2000-01 |
|
22 |
RS Dravid |
217 |
Eng |
The Oval |
2002 |
|
23 |
RS Dravid |
222 |
NZ |
Ahmedabad |
2003-04 |
|
24 |
RS Dravid |
233 |
Aus |
Adelaide |
2003-04 |
|
25 |
SR Tendulkar |
241* |
Aus |
Sydney |
2003-04 |
|
26 |
V Sehwag |
309 |
Pak |
Multan (CS) |
2003-04 |
|
27 |
RS Dravid |
270 |
Pak |
Rawalpindi (CS) |
2003-04 |
|
28 |
SR Tendulkar |
248* |
Ban |
Dhaka |
2004-05 |
|
29 |
V Sehwag |
201 |
Pak |
Bangalore |
2004-05 |
|
30 |
V Sehwag |
254 |
Pak |
Lahore |
2005-06 |
|
31 |
W Jaffer |
212 |
WI |
St. John's |
2006 |
|
32 |
W Jaffer |
202 |
Pak |
Kolkata |
2007-08 |
|
33 |
SC Ganguly |
239 |
Pak |
Bangalore |
2007-08 |
|
34 |
V Sehwag |
319 |
SA |
Chennai |
2007-08 |
|
35 |
V Sehwag |
201* |
SL |
Galle |
2008 |
|
36 |
G Gambhir |
206 |
Aus |
Delhi |
2008-09 |
|
37 |
VVS Laxman |
200* |
Aus |
Delhi |
2008-09 |
|
38 |
V Sehwag |
293 |
SL |
Mumbai (BS) |
2009-10 |
|
39 |
SR Tendulkar |
203 |
SL |
Colombo (SSC) |
2010 |
Most double centuries for India:
|
200s |
Batsman |
|
6 |
Virender Sehwag |
|
5 |
Rahul Dravid |
|
5 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
|
4 |
Sunil Gavaskar |