V Kohli joins the elite list of captains who have scored 15 or more test centuries
V Kohli of India scored 149 against England in the ongoing first test at Birmingham which fetched him his 15th century while leading India. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian captain and sixth overall to score 15 test hundreds as captain. The following table lists the performance of six captains
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | GC Smith | SAF | 109 | 193 | 12 | 8659 | 277 | 47.83 | 25 | 36 | 10 |
| 2 | RT Ponting | Aus | 77 | 140 | 13 | 6542 | 209 | 51.51 | 19 | 35 | 07 |
| 3 | AR Border | Aus | 93 | 154 | 24 | 6623 | 205 | 50.94 | 15 | 36 | 07 |
| 4 | V Kohli | Ind | 36 | 058 | 04 | 3605 | 243 | 66.75 | 15 | 06 | 02 |
| 5 | SPD Smith | Aus | 34 | 060 | 08 | 3659 | 239 | 70.36 | 15 | 13 | 01 |
| 6 | SR Waugh | Aus | 57 | 083 | 12 | 3714 | 199 | 52.30 | 15 | 10 | 06 |
The following table lists the fifteen centuries scored by V Kohli
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 115 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 2 | 141 | 4 | 4 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 3 | 147 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 4 | 103 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 5 | 200 | 4 | 1 | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 6 | 211 | 4 | 1 | v New Zealand | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 7 | 167 | 4 | 1 | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 8 | 235 | 4 | 2 | v England | Mumbai | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 9 | 204 | 4 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Hyd-RGS | 09 Feb 2017 |
| 10 | 103* | 4 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
| 11 | 104* | 4 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2017 |
| 12 | 213 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 24 Nov 2017 |
| 13 | 243 | 4 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 14 | 153 | 4 | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 |
| 15 | 149 | 4 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |