V Kohli joins the select band of captains who have scored ten or more fifties in winning tests

V Kohli joins the select band of captains who have scored ten or more fifties in winning tests

V Kohli’s 103 not out at Galle against Sri Lanka provides his tenth fifty in India’s winning tests as captain. All his fifties are tabulated below. He became the first Indian captain to score ten fifties in India’s winning tests.

 

No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 78 4 1 v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 20 Aug 2015
2 88 5 3 v South Africa Delhi 03 Dec 2015
3 200 4 1 v West Indies North Sound 21 Jul 2016
4 211 4 1 v New Zealand Indore 08 Oct 2016
5 167 4 1 v England Vizag 17 Nov 2016
6 81 4 3 v England Vizag 17 Nov 2016
7 62 4 2 v England Mohali 26 Nov 2016
8 235 4 2 v England Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
9 204 4 1 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
10 103* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017

 

V Kohli earned the distinction of becoming the 13th captain in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more fifties. The following table lists all the thirteen captains with their performances

 

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 50+
1 RT Ponting Aus 48 87 12 4434 209 59.12 14 23 37
2 GC Smith SAF 53 84 08 4679 259 61.56 16 19 35
3 Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 26 43 11 2230 114 69.68 07 17 24
4 CH Lloyd Win 36 51 05 2792 242* 60.69 08 13 21
5 SR Waugh Aus 41 56 10 2546 157* 55.34 11 07 18
6 GS Chappell Aus 21 36 09 2197 204 81.37 09 08 17
7 AN Cook Eng 24 44 06 2190 190 57.63 07 09 16
8 DG Bradman Aus 15 23 03 2478 270 123.90 12 03 15
9 MJ Clarke Aus 24 42 07 2137 329* 61.05 08 05 13
10 RB Simpson Aus 12 22 02 1518 225 75.90 06 07 13
11 SPD Smith Aus 12 21 04 1429 165* 84.05 06 07 13
12 M Jayawardene Srl 18 29 02 2006 374 74.29 08 04 12
13 V Kohli Ind 17 31 02 1784 235 61.51 06 04 10

 

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