Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson scored 215 in the first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka. The right-handed batter hit 6 double hundreds in red-ball cricket, and all have come in declared innings.
He equaled Virat Kohli and Kumar Sangakkara’s world record of most double-tons in declared innings.
While Sangakkara smashed 11 double tons in his career, Kohli has notched up 7. Meanwhile, the Kiwis scored 580/4d with Henry Nicholls 200 not out.
Sri Lanka were 26/2 at the end of Day 2. The hosts won the first Test by 2 wickets, and Williamson was their hero. The right-handed batter hit an unbeaten hundred in the second innings of the contest.