Indian captains scoring a century on away soil.

Indian captains scoring a century on away soil.

V Kohli’s 149 at Birmingham against England in the  just concluded test provides the 28th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MAK Pataudi 148 3 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
2 SM Gavaskar 116 2 v New Zealand Auckland 24 Jan 1976
3 SM Gavaskar 127* 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
4 N Kapil Dev 100* 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
5 M Azharuddin 192 2 v New Zealand Auckland 22 Feb 1990
6 M Azharuddin 121 2 v England Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
7 M Azharuddin 179 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
8 M Azharuddin 106 4 v Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1992
9 SR Tendulkar 169 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 1997
10 SR Tendulkar 143 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 02 Aug 1997
11 SR Tendulkar 139 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 09 Aug 1997
12 M Azharuddin 103* 1 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Dec 1998
13 SR Tendulkar 116 2 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
14 SC Ganguly 128 1 v England Leeds 22 Aug 2002
15 SC Ganguly 144 2 v Australia Brisbane 04 Dec 2003
16 SC Ganguly 101 2 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 13 Sep 2005
17 R Dravid 128* 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
18 R Dravid 103 2 v Pakistan Faisalabad 21 Jan 2006
19 R Dravid 146 1 v West Indies Gros Islet 10 Jun 2006
20 R Dravid 129 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007
21 V Kohli 115 2 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
22 V Kohli 141 4 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
23 V Kohli 147 2 v Australia Sydney 06 Jan 2015
24 V Kohli 103 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
25 V Kohli 200 1 v West Indies North Sound 21 Jul 2016
26 V Kohli 103* 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
27 V Kohli 153 2 v South Africa Centurion 13 Jan 2018
28 V Kohli 149 2 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli’s 149 at Birmingham against England in the just concluded test provide the fifth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century against England  in England.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MAK Pataudi 148 3 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
2 M Azharuddin 121 2 v England Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
3 M Azharuddin 179 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
4 SC Ganguly 128 1 v England Leeds 22 Aug 2002
5 V Kohli 149 2 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli’s 149 at Birmingham against England in the just concluded test provides the eighth occasion of his scoring  century as an Indian captain on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
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 103* 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
7 V Kohli 153 2 v South Africa Centurion 13 Jan 2018
8 V Kohli 149 2 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli became the first  Indian captain and seventh captain overall to score eight or more centuries  on away soil. Others are – GC Smith {15}, CH Lloyd {09}, AR Border {08}, AN Cook {08], RT Ponting {08} and SR Waugh {08}

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