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