Virat Kohli captaincy records: The Indian captain tops the chart of Best Win Percentage for an Indian Test captain.
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Adding to his long array of records across formats, India captain Virat Kohli now has the best win percentage for an Indian Test captain (minimum five Test matches). Kohli led India to another whitewash series win as India defeated Windies 2-0 yesterday.
Kohli has captained India in 42 Test matches, winning 24, losing nine and also drawing nine of them. With a winning percentage of 57.14, he tops this list hands down. The next best on the list is former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (45), under whom India had won 27 matches, lost 18 and drawn 15.
In terms of leading India in most matches, Kohli is only behind Sunil Gavaskar (47), Mohammad Azharuddin (47), Sourav Ganguly (49) and Dhoni (60). Given his modus operandi of leading the side, watching him surpass these greats of the game doesn’t seem to be a distant sight.
Out of the nine Test matches which Kohli has lost as a Test captain, eight have come overseas (England 4, Australia 2, South Africa 2) while a paltry one came against Australia at Pune last year.
With his next Test assignment being the tour of Australia next month, Kohli would be looking to improve on his numbers as a test captain outside of India for it is one facet of the game which his leadership is still questioned about.
Apart from leading the team from the front, Kohli has also batted as a leader. In the recently concluded series against West Indies, Kohli had scored 182 runs in two matches at an average of 92 and a strike rate of 59.74. Overall, he has scored 4,233 Test runs at an average of 65.12 and a strike rate of 62.70 as India captain.
Read some of the recent Twitter reactions on Kohli below:
“I think this was the stand out performance in his career that he can build on from.”
Virat Kohli was effusive in praise for fast bowler Umesh Yadav after an emphatic win in Hyderabad #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/RlvDcuXplU
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 15, 2018
“I don’t think any of us were even 10 per cent of what he is at 18-19.”
High praise from captain Virat Kohli for @PrithviShaw.
➡️ https://t.co/05GINxm0jS pic.twitter.com/LNOC2wHxjR
— ICC (@ICC) October 15, 2018
Virat Kohli had great things to say about Umesh Yadav’s performance against the Windies.
Do you agree with the 🇮🇳 captain?
➡️ https://t.co/05GINx4psk pic.twitter.com/9HlfSzkZJk
— ICC (@ICC) October 15, 2018
