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New Delhi. India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli has ended a chapter in Indian cricket as soon as he officially announced his retirement from Test Cricket (Test Cricket). Kohli has also been a better captain than the big batsman. He has been India’s most successful captain in Tests. India created many history under his captaincy. The batting record of Virat as captain has also been excellent. As a Test captain Kohli’s figures compete with some great captains of the world. Let’s know…

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Kohli was declared a regular Test captain of India on a tour of Australia in 2014. Mahendra Singh Dhoni then announced his retirement from the Test on the middle tour. After this, Kohli continued to captain India in the Test till 2022. Kohli gave up the captaincy of the Test after a tour of South Africa in early 2022. Earlier in 2021, he was also withdrawn from the captaincy of the Indian T20 and ODI team. Also, his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (IPL Franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore) had also left the captaincy. Under the captaincy of Kohli, India set a record of staying the number one team in the Test for the longest time. Also, the team created many history on foreign land.

India’s most successful Test captain

Virat Kohli was the most successful Indian captain in Test Cricket. Under his captaincy, Team India registered 40 wins in 68 matches and lost 17. The team also played 11 matches draws during this period. The percentage of Virat’s victory was 58.82, which is more than veterans like former captains Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin. Dhoni comes in the highest win after Kohli. India won 27 matches out of 60 Tests under Mahi’s captaincy. Rohit captained India in 24 Tests and out of which the team won 12 Tests. The Indian team suffered defeat in nine. Three Tests were drawn.

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Virat’s batting record as captain

Virat Kohli also got his iron in batting as captain. He scored 5,864 runs in 113 innings at an average of 54.80. During this, he scored 20 centuries and 18 half -centuries. His best innings was his best innings as a captain. He is the most run -up Indian as a Test captain. After him comes MS Dhoni’s number. Dhoni captained 60 matches and scored 3454 runs in 96 innings at an average of 40.63. Among them were five centuries and 24 half -centuries. At the same time, overall is at number four in the list of captains. The list is at the top of the Graeme Smith Alane Border and Ricky Ponting.

The highest number of captaincy for India

Kohli is the highest number of Test matches for India. Overall is the captains around the world include Graeme Smith, Ellen Border, Stephen Fleming, Ricky Ponting and Clive Lloyd.

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Kohli is the fourth most successful Test captain in the world

Kohli is the fourth most successful Test captain in the world. In this case, former South African captain Graeme Smith, Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh are ahead of him. However, among the players captaining more than 50 Tests, Kohli’s win is after Steve and Ponting. Kohli’s win percentage is 58.82, while Graeme Smith’s win percentage is 48.62.

First Indian captain to win Test series in Australia

Under the captaincy of Kohli, India won the four-match Test series 2–1 on the 2018/19 tour of Australia. This was the first time on the land of Kangaroos when an Asian team won the Test series. India defeated Australia by 31 runs in Adelaide and 137 runs in Melbourne. Australia won the only Test in Perth by 146 runs. India created history under Kohli’s captaincy.

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The most Test century as captain

Kohli is the player to score the most centuries as captain from India in Test. Kohli’s name is 20 centuries as captain, which is the highest among Indians. He is followed by Sunil Gavaskar’s name among Indian captains. He scored 11 centuries. Among the overall captains, Kohli is ranked second as captain who scored the most centuries. Graeme Smith is ahead of Kohli. Smith had scored 25 centuries.

The first Indian captain to win two Test matches in South Africa

India has won two Test matches in South Africa under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. He is the first Indian captain to do so. Under his captaincy, Team India first won the Wanderers Test on the 2018 tour and then defeated South Africa for the second time in Centurion in 2021 last year.

The first Indian and Asian captain to win two boxing day tests

Team India, led by Virat Kohli, won the boxing day Test twice. India first defeated Australia in the Melbourne Test in 2018 and then won against South Africa in Centurion in 2021.

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The highest winning Asian captain in army countries

Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) is the most seven Tests winning seven Tests in Army countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia). Team India, led by Virat, played 23 Test matches here and registered seven wins. The team also received 13 defeats and three draws during this period.

The highest win on foreign soil under Kohli’s captaincy

Kohli is also the first captain to score two centuries in a Test against Australia as a captain. He played 115 runs and 141 runs in the first Test in Adelaide on a tour of Australia in 2014. Apart from this, Kohli is also the highest Test player as an Indian captain on the foreign ground. He captained Team India in a total of 37 Tests on foreign soil and out of which India won 16 matches. In 15, the Indian team suffered defeat, while six Tests were drawn.