V Kohli’s 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham was in a losing cause to provide the 20th occasion of a captain ’s century and half-century in test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
3	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
4	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
5	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
6	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
7	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
8	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
9	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
10	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
11	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
12	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
13	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
14	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
15	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
16	Shakib Al Hasan	87	100	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
17	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
18	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
19	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
20	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

JR Reid of New Zeland {03}, BC Lara of West Indies {02} and V Kohli {02} are the three captains who have witnessed two or more occasions of their century and half-century in test going in vain. The following table lists the performance of these three captains.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
2	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
3	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
1	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
2	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
1	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018