Indian captains scoring fifties in both innings of a test

Indian captains scoring fifties in both innings of a test

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the 17th occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 89 56 v England Leeds 05 Jun 1952
2 MAK Pataudi 86 53 v Australia Mumbai (BS) 10 Oct 1964
3 MAK Pataudi 64 148 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
4 MAK Pataudi 75 85 v Australia Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
5 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
6 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
7 SR Tendulkar 116 52 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
8 SC Ganguly 68 99 v England Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
9 R Dravid 81 68 v West Indies Kingston 30 Jun 2006
10 MS Dhoni 92 68* v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
11 MS Dhoni 56 55 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
12 MS Dhoni 52 56* v New Zealand Wellington 03 Apr 2009
13 MS Dhoni 77 74* v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
14 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
15 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
16 V Kohli 243 50 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
17 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and  51  against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 89 56 v England Leeds 05 Jun 1952
2 MAK Pataudi 64 148 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
3 SC Ganguly 68 99 v England Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
4 MS Dhoni 77 74* v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
5 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
6 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the second occasion of his scoring fifties as an Indian captain in both innings of a test against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
2 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the fourth occasion of his scoring fifties as an Indian captain both innings of a test. He emulated MS Dhoni who has also achieved such a fat on four occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two Indian captains

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni 92 68* v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
2 MS Dhoni 56 55 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
3 MS Dhoni 52 56* v New Zealand Wellington 03 Apr 2009
4 MS Dhoni 77 74* v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
             
1 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
2 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
3 V Kohli 243 50 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
4 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

V Kohli became the fourth Indian captain to score fifties in both innings of a test against a specific opposition on two occasions. The following table lists the four Indian captains with their performances.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MAK Pataudi 86 53 v Australia Mumbai (BS) 10 Oct 1964
2 MAK Pataudi 75 85 v Australia Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
             
1 MS Dhoni 92 68* v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
2 MS Dhoni 56 55 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
             
1 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
2 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
             
1 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
2 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978

 

 

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