V Kohli emulates SM Gavaskar in scoring his eleventh century while leading India
V Kohli’s 104 against Sri Lanka in the just concluded test at Kolkata represent his eleventh century while captaining India. He now shares the record for most centuries by an Indian captain with SM Gavaskar. SM Gavaskar had also scored eleven centuries while leading India. The centuries scored by these two captains are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 116 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 1 Dec 1978 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 107 | 1 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar | 182* | 3 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 5 | SM Gavaskar | 120 | 1 | v West Indies | Delhi | 24 Jan 1979 |
| 6 | SM Gavaskar | 115 | 1 | v Australia | Delhi | 13 Oct 1979 |
| 7 | SM Gavaskar | 123 | 1 | v Australia | Mumbai | 03 Nov 1979 |
| 8 | SM Gavaskar | 166 | 2 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 |
| 9 | SM Gavaskar | 172 | 2 | v England | Bengaluru | 09 Dec 1981 |
| 10 | SM Gavaskar | 155 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 |
| 11 | SM Gavaskar | 127* | 3 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 1 | V Kohli | 115 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 2 | V Kohli | 141 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 3 | V Kohli | 147 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 4 | V Kohli | 103 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 200 | 1 | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 211 | 1 | v New Zealand | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 7 | V Kohli | 167 | 1 | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 8 | V Kohli | 235 | 2 | v England | Mumbai | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 9 | V Kohli | 204 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Hyd-RGS | 09 Feb 2017 |
| 10 | V Kohli | 103* | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
| 11 | V Kohli | 104* | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2017 |