V Kohli of India became the 17^th captain in the annals of test cricket to lead a team in 50 tests. He achieved this distinction when he led India in the ongoing Test at Pune against South Africa. The following table lists all the captains with their performance as at the end of the first day of the ongoing Test at Pune between India and South Africa – that is 10.10.19. He also became the second Indian captain to earn such a distinction after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has led India in 60 Tests

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	GC Smith	SAF	2003-2014	109	193	12	8659	277	47.83	25	36	10
2	AR Border	Aus	1984-1994	93	154	24	6623	205	50.94	15	36	7
3	SP Fleming	NZl	1997-2006	80	135	8	5156	274*	40.59	8	31	13
4	RT Ponting	Aus	2004-2010	77	140	13	6542	209	51.51	19	35	7
5	CH Lloyd	Win	1974-1985	74	111	9	5233	242*	51.30	14	27	3
6	MS Dhoni	Ind	2008-2014	60	96	11	3454	224	40.63	5	24	8
7	AN Cook	Eng	2010-2016	59	111	7	4844	263	46.57	12	24	3
8	SR Waugh	Aus	1999-2004	57	83	12	3714	199	52.30	15	10	6
9	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	2010-2017	56	99	17	4214	135	51.39	8	35	5
10	A Ranatunga	Srl	1989-1999	56	92	6	3118	131	36.25	2	22	6
11	MA Atherton	Eng	1993-2001	54	98	4	3815	185*	40.58	8	22	8
12	WJ Cronje	SAF	1994-2000	53	84	6	2833	126	36.32	3	21	8
13	MP Vaughan	Eng	2003-2008	51	94	6	3170	166	36.02	9	13	5
14	V Kohli	Ind	2014-2019	50	83	6	4765	243	61.88	18	13	5
15	IVA Richards	Win	1980-1991	50	74	6	3068	146	45.11	6	23	4
16	AJ Strauss	Eng	2006-2012	50	85	3	3343	169	40.76	9	14	6
17	MA Taylor	Aus	1994-1999	50	89	7	3250	334*	39.63	7	16	4