V Kohli of India becomes the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score 20 plus centuries

V Kohli of India becomes the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score 20 plus centuries

V Kohli of India scored 136 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Kolkata. This knock represents his 20th century while leading India. He became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score 20 plus centuries after GC Smith of South Africa. GC Smith has scored 25 centuries while leading South Africa. The following table lists the centuries scored by these two skippers.

Player No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
GC Smith 1 277 1 1 v England Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
GC Smith 2 259 1 2 v England Lord’s 31 Jul 2003
GC Smith 3 132 1 1 v West Indies Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
GC Smith 4 139 1 1 v West Indies Centurion 16 Jan 2004
GC Smith 5 125* 1 4 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Mar 2004
GC Smith 6 121 1 2 v Zimbabwe Cape Town 04 Mar 2005
GC Smith 7 148 1 2 v West Indies Port of Spain 08 Apr 2005
GC Smith 8 104 1 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 21 Apr 2005
GC Smith 9 126 2 1 v West Indies St John’s 29 Apr 2005
GC Smith 10 133 1 3 v Pakistan Lahore 08 Oct 2007
GC Smith 11 147 1 2 v West Indies Durban 10 Jan 2008
GC Smith 12 232 2 1 v Bangladesh Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
GC Smith 13 107 1 3 v England Lord’s 10 Jul 2008
GC Smith 14 154* 1 4 v England Birmingham 30 Jul 2008
GC Smith 15 157 1 1 v Bangladesh Bloemfontein 19 Nov 2008
GC Smith 16 108 1 4 v Australia Perth 17 Dec 2008
GC Smith 17 183 2 3 v England Cape Town 03 Jan 2010
GC Smith 18 105 1 2 v England Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
GC Smith 19 132 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 18 Jun 2010
GC Smith 20 100 1 1 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 12 Nov 2010
GC Smith 21 101* 1 4 v Australia Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
GC Smith 22 115 2 3 v New Zealand Dunedin 07 Mar 2012
GC Smith 23 131 1 2 v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012
GC Smith 24 122 1 2 v Australia Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
GC Smith 25 234 2 2 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
               
Player No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
V Kohli 1 115 4 2 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
V Kohli 2 141 4 4 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
V Kohli 3 147 4 2 v Australia Sydney 06 Jan 2015
V Kohli 4 103 4 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
V Kohli 5 200 4 1 v West Indies North Sound 21 Jul 2016
V Kohli 6 211 4 1 v New Zealand Indore 08 Oct 2016
V Kohli 7 167 4 1 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
V Kohli 8 235 4 2 v England Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
V Kohli 9 204 4 1 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
V Kohli 10 103* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
V Kohli 11 104* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
V Kohli 12 213 4 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
V Kohli 13 243 4 1 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
V Kohli 14 153 4 2 v South Africa Centurion 13 Jan 2018
V Kohli 15 149 4 2 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
V Kohli 16 103 4 3 v England Nottingham 18 Aug 2018
V Kohli 17 139 4 1 v West Indies Rajkot 04 Oct 2018
V Kohli 18 123 4 2 v Australia Perth 14 Dec 2018
V Kohli 19 254* 4 1 v South Africa Pune 10 Oct 2019
V Kohli 20 136 4 2 v Bangladesh Kolkata 22 Nov 2019
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