<p>India skipper Virat Kohli struck a double century and surpassed batting great Don Bradman's Test tally of 6,996 runs in the second Test against South Africa on Friday.</p>.<p>Kohli completed his seventh 200 in his 81st Test.</p>.<p>He swept Senuran Muthusamy for two runs to reach the landmark and raised his bat with a smile to an ovation from the crowd in Pune.</p>.<p>Kohli has now scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an average of over 53 since making his debut in the West Indies in 2011.</p>.<p>The benchmark puts him in the top 50 Test run-getters, a field led by Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.</p>.<p>Tendulkar retired in 2013 with 100 international centuries across formats.</p>.<p>Kohli has the most double hundreds among Indian batsmen, while Bradman leads the international list with 12 to his name.</p>.<p>Playing his 50th Test as captain, Kohli has overtaken many big names in Test cricket.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Australian Steve Smith (6973 each), and former England batsman Len Hutton (6971) are now behind Kohli in Test runs.</p>.<p>While Kohli needed 138 innings to get this far, Bradman got the runs in 80 innings at an average of 99.94.</p>.<p>The 30-year-old skipper also registered his ninth 150 plus score, once again going past Bradman's eight.</p>.<p>Kohli has also notched 11,520 runs including 43 centuries in 239 one-day internationals.</p>
<p>India skipper Virat Kohli struck a double century and surpassed batting great Don Bradman's Test tally of 6,996 runs in the second Test against South Africa on Friday.</p>.<p>Kohli completed his seventh 200 in his 81st Test.</p>.<p>He swept Senuran Muthusamy for two runs to reach the landmark and raised his bat with a smile to an ovation from the crowd in Pune.</p>.<p>Kohli has now scored more than 7,000 Test runs at an average of over 53 since making his debut in the West Indies in 2011.</p>.<p>The benchmark puts him in the top 50 Test run-getters, a field led by Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.</p>.<p>Tendulkar retired in 2013 with 100 international centuries across formats.</p>.<p>Kohli has the most double hundreds among Indian batsmen, while Bradman leads the international list with 12 to his name.</p>.<p>Playing his 50th Test as captain, Kohli has overtaken many big names in Test cricket.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Australian Steve Smith (6973 each), and former England batsman Len Hutton (6971) are now behind Kohli in Test runs.</p>.<p>While Kohli needed 138 innings to get this far, Bradman got the runs in 80 innings at an average of 99.94.</p>.<p>The 30-year-old skipper also registered his ninth 150 plus score, once again going past Bradman's eight.</p>.<p>Kohli has also notched 11,520 runs including 43 centuries in 239 one-day internationals.</p>