Virat Kohli captaincy records: Best Win Percentage for an Indian Captain

Dixit Bhargav | 15/10/2018
Virat Kohli captaincy records

Virat Kohli captaincy records: The Indian captain tops the chart of Best Win Percentage for an Indian Test captain.

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:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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