V Kohli’s 254 not out in the ongoing Test between India and South Africa at Pune provides the 19^th occasion of a captain scoring 250 plus runs in the annals of Test Cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
2	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
3	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
4	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	NZl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
6	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
7	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
8	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
9	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
10	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
11	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
12	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
13	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
14	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
15	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
16	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
17	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
18	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
19	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of a captain scoring 250 plus runs in an innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
2	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
3	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
4	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019

GC Smith of South Africa, MJ Clarke of Australia and SP Fleming of New Zealand are the three captains who have scored 250 plus runs in a test innings on two occasions. The performance of these three captains are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
1	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
2	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006