On December 30 2014 When MS Dhoni said goodbye to Test Cricket after the 2nd test of the “Border Gavaskar trophy” , Virat Kohli was all set and took over the captaincy in 2014 and what followed and transpired in the next seven years in his run as a captain was something that no one could imagine.
Kohli brought a revolution in Indian cricket and he changed the glory of test cricket where people started watching test cricket again and the credits well and truly goes to the one man who led the test team to a greater heights that no one could ever wonder.
He has always been a bowlers captain and the rise of fast bowlers has seen a rapid growth under his stint and he has made bowlers into fighters and have become match winners for the team and surely the bowlers will miss him as captain.
For a team who were the underdogs while touring abroad were transformed into a team who defeated every country they toured excluding Newzealand and South Africa.
Here we take a look back at some of the best moments of King Kohli in his Seven years Stint as Test Captain.
Kohli’s Top five Test series wins
India’s tour of Australia (2018-19)
India clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 in 2018-2019 in epic fashion. They also became the first subcontinent team to win a Test series against Australia in Australia.
India’s tour of West Indies (2019)
India enjoyed a brilliant run as they defeated the West Indies team in their own backyard by a margin of 318 and 257 runs respectively in the two-match Test series under Kohli’s captaincy.
England Tour of India (2016)
England were the team to beat as they were a good touring side and India registered one of their most dominating Test series wins when they beat England at home 4-0 in a five-match Test series under Kohli.
South Africa tour of India (2015)
The series was one of the first major series for Kohli in his early days as Test Captain and team India scripted one of their most famous Test series wins when they overcame a world class South African side at home 3-0 in a four-match Test series.
New Zealand tour of India (2016)
The series where Virat Kohli completely dominated the Newzealand bowlers Scoring 309 runs which included a double century and India completely demolished New zealand 3-0.
Kohli’s Batting Stats as Captain
Kohli represented India as test Captain in 68 matches and has scored 5864 runs at an average of 55 scoring 20 centuries and a highest score of 254*.
Overall Test Captaincy Records
- Matches Played – 68
- Matches Won – 40
- Matches lost – 17
- Matches Drawn – 11
Kohli’s Greatest Achievements as Test Captain
Most matches as captain of Indian team in tests – 68
Most wins as captain of Indian team in tests – 40
He is the fourth on the list in the most runs scored as captain – 5864 runs
He is third on the list with captain having highest win loss ratio in tests – 59%
Winning ICC test Championship for three consecutive years – 2017,2018 and 2019.
The only Asian Captain and team to win a test series in Australia (2018-19)
Kohli led India to 16 test wins Abroad the most by any asian captain.
He led team India to 24 test wins at home only behind Ricky pointing (29).
Sruthi