Kohli walks away as most successful Indian test captain
With 40 wins, 17 defeats and 11 Draws in 68 matches that Kohli captained Team India in, he walks away as India’s most successful test captain, miles ahead of MS Dhoni (27 wins in 60 matches) and Sourav Ganguly (21 wins in 49 matches).
Under Kohli, India recorded a historic overseas Test series win against Australia with an unassailable 2-1 lead against England with one match to go. Kohli also guided India to the final of inaugural World Test Championship final along with first ever Test win at Centurion in South Africa last month.
Kohli world’s fourth most successful test captain
With 40 wins in 68 test matches, Kohli also stands among the best in the world as test captain after South Africa’s Graeme Smith (53 wins in 109 test matches), Australia’s Ricky Ponting (48 wins in 77 test matches) and Steve Waugh (41 wins in 57 test matches).
Very proud of Kohli’s outstanding career as Test captain: Cricket fraternity reacts
Former Indian cricketers took to Twitter and acknowledged the kind of ‘impact’ Kohli had on Indian Test Cricket as whole. Veteran cricketer Wasim Jaffer pointed out that when Virat took over as Test captain, winning an overseas test series was an achievement and now losing one is seen as an upset.
https://twitter.com/WasimJaffer14/status/1482347022976167940?s=20
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1482340422987169794?s=20
https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/1482356922506711046?s=20
https://twitter.com/iamyusufpathan/status/1482351529957146625?s=20
https://twitter.com/YUVSTRONG12/status/1482361882732564481?s=20
Virat Kohli last captained test team in the just concluded South Africa tour in which visitors faced a setback, losing test series against South Africa 2-1.