Agarwal slammed a career-best 243 off 330 balls with 28 fours and eight sixes. During the knock, Agarwal equalled Navjot Singh Sidhu’s record for most sixes in a Test innings by an Indian. He also became the second quickest player to register two double hundreds in Test cricket, needing just 12 innings to do so.
Agarwal’s maiden three-figure score also turned out to be a double century. He made 215 against South Africa at Visakhapatnam before converting his hundred at Indore into a double hundred as well.
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Speaking after being named the Man of the Match, Agarwal said:
Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s gesture to Agarwal after the opener got to 150, asking him to convert it into a double hundred, made headlines as well. Agarwal obliged and went on to complete the double century. However, Kohli wasn’t satisfied and asked the opener to go on and score a triple hundred.
The 28-year-old admitted that having someone like Kohli as a leader is a big source of motivation.
The action will now shift to the Eden Gardens for the upcoming day-night Test and Agarwal revealed that the National Cricket Academy head Rahul Dravid had arranged three pink-ball sessions for the team.
Agarwal, who has amassed 740 runs this year, is the second-highest run-getter in Tests in 2019, after Australian great Steve Smith. He will be looking to make the most of his purple patch and notch up another big score when he takes the field in Kolkata.
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