Indian captains who have played 50 plus test innings – V Kohli joins the elite list
V Kohli scored 156 not out against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Delhi in his 50th innings while leading India. He became the sixth Indian captain to play 50 plus innings. Others are – MS Dhoni {96}, SC Ganguly {75}. SM Gavaskar {74} and MAK Pataudi {68}. The following table lists the six captains with their performance,
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 60 | 96 | 11 | 3454 | 224 | 40.63 | 05 | 24 | 8 |
| 2 | SC Ganguly | 49 | 75 | 07 | 2561 | 144 | 37.66 | 95 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 47 | 74 | 06 | 3449 | 205 | 50.72 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | MAK Pataudi | 40 | 73 | 02 | 2424 | 203* | 34.14 | 05 | 13 | 7 |
| 5 | M Azharuddin | 47 | 68 | 03 | 2856 | 192 | 43.93 | 09 | 09 | 2 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 32 | 50 | 05 | 3033 | 235 | 67.40 | 13 | 04 | 2 |