V Kohli occupies the third place in the list of captains who have scored most centuries in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli occupies the third place in the list of captains who have scored most centuries in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli’s 103 against England at Nottingham in the recently concluded test provides his 16th century while leading India. He now stands third in the list of captains who have scored most centuries in the annals of test cricket.  GC Smith with 25 centuries and RT Ponting with 19 centuries are the other two captains who have scored more centuries than V Kohli while leading their teams. V Kohli’s 16 centuries are listed below. He went past AR Border and SPD Smith who have scored 15 centuries on his way to the third place.

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
16 103 4 3 v England Nottingham 18 Aug 2018

V Kohli has scored all his 16 centuries as captain while batting at number four. He holds the record for most centuries by a captain batting at number four in the annals of test cricket. DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka has scored 14 centuries as captain batting at number four.

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