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On this day, exactly 10 years ago, Virat Kohli was given the captaincy of the Indian Test team. He took over the responsibility of captaining the Indian Test team after Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kohli captained the Indian Test team for almost 8 years, and Rohit Sharma has been leading India in Test cricket since 2022.
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Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni are the captains who have won the ICC trophy for India. On the other side, Virat Kohli could never win an ICC tournament as captain. However, when the discussion is about Test cricket, as a leader he appears miles ahead of both Dhoni and Rohit.
On this day, let us know what heights he touched in red-ball cricket and why Kohli's legacy as Test captain remains an example even today.
India lost only 17 tests under Virat's captaincy
Under Kohli's captaincy, Team India played 68 Tests, out of which it won 40 and lost 17 matches. Whereas 11 tests ended in a draw. In this way, Virat Kohli's tenure as Test captain was very successful. Kohli has been the most successful Indian Test captain.
Kohli also performed brilliantly as a batsman, especially on the pitches of countries like Australia, South Africa, England, and New Zealand.
Kohli's legacy as Test captain on Indian soil
Virat Kohli took over the Test captaincy in late 2014 and led the team in 31 home Tests. Under his leadership, India emerged victorious in 24 matches, while suffering only 2 losses, one against Australia and another against England.
| Matches Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 77.41% |
India won the test series in Australia for the first time
In the year 2018-19, Team India had to go to Australia to play the Border Gavaskar Trophy, no one expected that the Team would do anything special on this tour. But, Virat had his eyes only on the trophy.
Kohli led India to a 2-1 victory in this series with his attacking captaincy. In which the victories in Adelaide and Melbourne were historic, and Virat also became the first Indian and Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia.
Virat Kohli's records in Test cricket
Currently, Kohli is playing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He has played 120 Test matches so far, in which he has scored 9163 runs in 205 innings at an average of 47.72. During this period he has also scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries. His highest score in Test cricket has been 254* runs.