Shubhrata Mukherjee: Kane Williamson is one of those batsmen who is practically ruling the cricket world at the moment. He has been battling injuries for a long time. He had to bear the brunt of his lack of form after his return to the national team. But recently he has returned to form. And in the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka, he maintained that form and scored an impeccable double century. And with that double hundred, Kane Williamson came close to Virat Kohli’s precedent.
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Former India captain Virat Kohli has the most number of double centuries among all batsmen currently playing Test cricket. He has seven double centuries in his account. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is at number two. He has scored six double centuries so far. At number three, former England captain Joe Root has five double centuries. Former Australia captain Steve Smith has three batsmen in fourth and fifth position with four double hundreds. They are Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh, Cheteshwar Pujara of India and David Warner of Australia. All three have three double centuries.
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Batting first in the Wellington Test, New Zealand declared 580 runs for four wickets. Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls scored a pair of double centuries for them. Kiwi opener Devon Conway was dismissed after playing an innings of 78 runs off 108 balls. Kane Williamson, who came out to bat at number three, scored 215 runs off 296 balls. He hit 23 fours and two sixes in his innings on the day. On the other hand, Henry Nicholls remained unbeaten on 200 off 240 balls. His innings included 15 fours and four sixes. Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls added 363 runs for New Zealand. The pair broke when Kane Williamson returned to the pavilion after being caught out by Prabhat Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka’s score at the end of the day was 26 for two. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Prabhat Jayasuriya are at the crease.
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