V Kohli of India was dismissed hit wicket against England at Rajkot to provide the 19^th occasion of a captain dismissed hit  wicket in a test innings in  the history of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Grant	26	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1933
2	A Melville	78	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
3	DG Bradman	185	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
4	L Amarnath	13	2	Ind	Win	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
5	PBH May	112	3	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	23 Jun 1955
6	JR Reid	84	1	NZl	Win	Auckland	09 Mar 1956
7	ER Dexter	20	2	Eng	Pak	Lahore	21 Oct 1961
8	Imtiaz Ahmed	0	3	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
9	A Bacher	73	3	SAF	Aus	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
10	KJ Hughes	31	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
11	A Ranatunga	55	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
12	MA Atherton	77	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	19 Jun 1997
13	BC Lara	4	2	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999
14	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
15	GC Smith	35	2	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
16	SR Waugh	0	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
17	Inzamam-ul-Haq	26	2	Pak	Eng	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
18	DJG Sammy	1	1	Win	Ban	Dhaka	29 Oct 2011
19	V Kohli	40	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

V Kohli became the second Indian captain to be dismissed hit wicket in a test innings after L Amarnath. L Amarnath was dismissed hit wicket against West Indies at Chennai in Jan 1949. V Kohli emulated L Amarnath after a gap of 67 years.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	13	2	Ind	Win	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
2	V Kohli	40	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

The following table furnishes the list of batsmen who have been dismissed hit wicket against England. V Kohli is the first Indian captain to be dismissed hit wicket against England

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Grant	26	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1933
2	A Melville	78	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
3	Imtiaz Ahmed	0	3	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
4	KJ Hughes	31	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
5	GC Smith	35	2	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
6	Inzamam-ul-Haq	26	2	Pak	Eng	Leeds	04 Aug 2006
7	V Kohli	40	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

BC Lara of West Indies remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed hit wickets on two occasions. He was dismissed hit wicket for 4 against South Africa at Cape Town in Jan 1999 and was dismissed hit wicket for 110 against Australia at Georgetown in Apr 2003

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	4	2	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999
2	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003

 

Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan and SR Waugh of Australia are the two captains to be dismissed hit wicket without scoring  while BC Lara of West Indies, PBH May of England and DG Bradman of Australia are the three captains to be dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century. The following table furnishes the performance of these five captains

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	0	3	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
2	SR Waugh	0	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
1	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
2	PBH May	112	3	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	23 Jun 1955
3	DG Bradman	185	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947