V Kohli’s 149 and 51 against England in the just  concluded test at Birmingham was in a losing cause to  provide the 49^th occasion of a captain’s fifties in both  innings of a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	JWHT Douglas	50	60	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
4	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
5	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
6	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
7	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
8	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
9	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
10	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954
11	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
12	ER Dexter	57	62	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
13	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
14	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
15	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
16	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
17	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
18	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
19	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
20	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
21	KC Wessels	59	74	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
22	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
23	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
24	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1998
25	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
26	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
27	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
28	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000
29	CL Hooper	53	54*	Win	SAF	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001
30	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
31	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
32	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
33	Habibul Bashar	69	73	Ban	Srl	Bogra	08 Mar 2006
34	A Flintoff	70	51	Eng	Ind	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
35	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
36	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
37	Shakib Al Hasan	87	100	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
38	RT Ponting	77	72	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
39	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
40	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
41	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
42	M Jayawardene	72	60	Srl	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2013
43	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
44	AD Mathews	50	66	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
45	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
46	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	25 Aug 2017
47	LD Chandimal	57	61	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
48	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
49	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
4	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
5	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
7	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
4	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
5	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
6	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
7	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
8	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
9	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
19	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
11	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
12	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
4	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
2	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
3	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
4	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
5	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
6	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
7	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
9	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
10	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
11	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	25 Aug 2017
12	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of a visiting captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
2	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
3	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
4	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
5	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018