THE NEW DON

India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli on Friday eclipsed Sir Don Bradman while smashing a handful of records during his career-best knock of 254 in the second Test against South Africa.

Kohli broke the Bradman's record of most 150-plus scores as captain. The Indian skipper and the Australian great were tied at eight before the Pune Test but Kohli went past the milestone on Day 2 of the second Test with his ninth 150-plus score as captain.

Kohli also surpassed Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag by amassing a record seventh double hundred, the highest in Indian cricket history. Bradman still tops the international list with 12 double tons in his illustrious career.

The Indian skipper, who now has 26 Test hundreds and 69 international tons (43 in ODIs), also went past Bradman’s Test tally of 6,996 runs.

The 30-year-old now has scored more than 7,000 Test runs since making his debut against the West Indies in 2011 to break into the top 50 Test run-scorers, a chart led by batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs).

Virat Kohli eclipses Sir Don Bradman’s record of most 150-plus scores as captain

He has also eclipsed Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, Australian Steve Smith and former England batsman Len Hutton (6,971) in the list of most Test runs. On way to his double ton on day two, Kohli also equalled former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting by scoring the most number of centuries as Test captain. Both now have a record 19 hundreds as a Test captain. The India skipper has also amassed 11,520 runs in 239 ODIs.