Rahane becomes fifth Indian to score a ton in both innings of a Test

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Ajinkya Rahane scored 127 and 100* in Feroz Shah Kotla ,New Delhi ,becomes fifth Indian to score a ton in both innings joins a elite club which includes Vijay Hazare,Sunil Gavaskar(thrice),Rahul Dravid(twice) and Virat Kohli.

In four innings of the series,apart from this test he  had made 39 runs with a best of 15 in India's first innings of the series opener in Mohali.
The last Indian to score two centuries in a Test was the current skipper Kohli, when he made 115 and 141 in Adelaide last December.

Indians to score hundreds in each innings of a Test:


Vijay Hazare - 116 & 145 v Australia, Adelaide, 1948

Sunil Gavaskar - 124 & 220 v West Indies, Port of Spain, 1971
Sunil Gavaskar - 111 & 137 v Pakistan, Karachi, 1978


Sunil Gavaskar - 107 & 182* v West Indies, Kolkata, 1978


Rahul Dravid - 190 & 103* v New Zealand, Hamilton, 1999


Rahul Dravid - 110 & 135 v Pakistan, Kolkata, 2005


Virat Kohli - 115 & 141 v Australia, Adelaide, 2014.
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