V Kohli became the most successful Indian captain in Tests. India won its 28th test under V Kohli when it won the recently concluded Kingston Test against West Indies.

V Kohli became the most successful Indian captain in Tests. India won its 28th test under V Kohli when it won the recently concluded Kingston Test against West Indies.

V Kohli became the most successful Indian captain in Tests. India won its 28th test under V Kohli when it won the recently concluded Kingston Test against West Indies.  The previous record was held by MS Dhoni who had won 27 tests for India.

V Kohli has scored 2786 runs in his winning tests and occupies the fourth place in the list of captains who have scored most runs in their winning tests. The following table lists the performance of these four captains

No Player Team Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 GC Smith SAF 2003-2014 53 84 8 4679 259 61.56 16 19 1
2 RT Ponting Aus 2004-2010 48 87 12 4434 209 59.12 14 23 3
3 CH Lloyd Win 1974-1984 36 51 5 2792 242* 60.69 08 13 2
4 V Kohli Ind 2015-2019 28 48 2 2786 235 60.56 09 09 2

V Kohli requires seven more runs to occupy the third place among the list of captains who have scored most runs in their winnings tests. He has an aggregate of 2786 runs at present and seven more runs would fetch him 2793 runs which would felicitate him to go past CH Lloyd who has an aggregate of 2792 runs in his 36 winning test and presently occupying the third place

V Kohli  has scored nine centuries in his winning tests and one more century would fetch him his  tenth century. If he gets it in his winning test, he would then become the fifth captain to score ten or more centuries in winning tests. Others are GC Smith {16}, RT Ponting {14}. DG Bradman {12} and SR Waugh {11}. V Kohli also would earn the distinction of becoming the first Indian captain to score ten centuries in his winning tests

No Player Team Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 GC Smith SAF 2003-2014 53 84 08 4679 259 61.56 16 19 1
2 RT Ponting Aus 2004-2010 48 87 12 4434 209 59.12 14 23 3
3 DG Bradman Aus 1937-1948 15 23 03 2478 270 123.90 12 03 2
4 SR Waugh Aus 1999-2003 41 56 10 2546 157* 55.34 11 07 4
5 GS Chappell Aus 1975-1983 21 36 09 2197 204 81.37 09 08 1
6 V Kohli Ind 2015-2019 28 48 02 2786 235 60.56 09 09 2

V Kohli remains the only captain to score five double centuries in winning tests. All his five centuries are tabulated below. He also remains the only captain to score five double centuries while batting at number  four.

No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 200 4 1 v West Indies North Sound 21 Jul 2016
2 204 4 1 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
3 211 4 1 v New Zealand Indore 08 Oct 2016
4 213 4 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
5 235 4 2 v England Mumbai 08 Dec 2016

V Kohli also holds the record for most double centuries by a captain batting at number four in the annals of test cricket. He has six double centuries as captain while batting at number four in a test innings.

V Kohli {06} and BC Lara {05} are the two captains in the annals of test cricket to score five or more double centuries

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