Rahul Dravid equaled Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record of most double centuries in Tests with his 233 in the Adelaide Test. It was his fourth double century in only his 73rd Test, while Gavaskar needed 125 Tests to make as many. The world record is held by Sir Donald Bradman. The Australian scored 12 double centuries in only 52 Tests.

A look at the top double centurions in Tests:

200s	Batsman	For	Mts	Aus	Eng	SA	WI	NZ	Ind	Pak	SL	Zim	Ban
12	DG Bradman	Aus	52	-	8	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
7	WR Hammond	Eng	85	4	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
6	Javed Miandad	Pak	124	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-
5	MS Atapattu	SL	67	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1
5	BC Lara	WI	99*	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
4	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	78	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
4	L Hutton	Eng	79	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
4	GS Chappell	Aus	87	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-
4	CG Greenidge	WI	108	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
4	SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	R Dravid	Ind	73*	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-