Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on 12 May 2025, marking an end to a golden period in Indian cricket. The batter has brought down the curtain on one of the finest Test careers in recent history.
Other than being one of the finest batters in the longest format, Kohli also led India as the Test captain from December 2014 to January 2022, taking over from MS Dhoni during the 2014-15 Australia tour.
With the announcement of Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 retirement from Test cricket, let라이브 바카라 have a look at the various stats and figures from his tenure as India라이브 바카라 Test captain.
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 Test Captaincy Record – Win-Loss Stats
Matches Captained: 68
Wins: 40
Losses: 17
Draws: 11
Win Percentage: 58.82%
Virat Kohli holds several records as Test captain. Firstly, he has captained 68 Test matches for India – the most by any player. Secondly, his 40 Test victories make him India라이브 바카라 most successful Test captain, surpassing predecessors like MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly.
Virat Kohli – 58.82% (68 matches/40 wins)
MS Dhoni – 45.00% (60 matches/27 wins)
Sourav Ganguly – 42.86% (49 matches/21 wins)
Mohammed Azharuddin – 29.78% (47 matches/14 wins)
Sachin Tendulkar – 16.00% (25 matches/4 wins)
Sunil Gavaskar – 19.14% (47 matches/9 wins)
Kapil Dev – 11.76% (34 matches/4 wins)
Globally, Kohli ranks fourth in terms of Test wins as captain, behind Graeme Smith (53), Ricky Ponting (48), and Steve Waugh (41).
Kohli also equalled Ricky Ponting라이브 바카라 record of nine consecutive Test series wins between 2015 and 2017.
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 Test Captaincy Record – Batting Records
Runs Scored: 5,864
Batting Average: 54.80
Centuries: 20
Double Centuries: 7
Highest Score: 254* against South Africa in 2019
Virat Kohli is one of the finest batters for India in the longest format. He has scored most of his Test runs as a captain (5,864) compared to as a normal player (3,366). Along the way, he has broken several records:
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 record of 5,864 runs as a Test captain is the most by any Indian in the role. Furthermore, Kohli is the only Indian Test captain to score seven double centuries.
He also holds the record for the most centuries (20) by an Indian Test captain, and his hundred in just 93 balls against Sri Lanka in 2017 is the fastest century by an Indian skipper in red-ball cricket.
Last but not least, Kohli라이브 바카라 highest score of 254* against South Africa is the highest by an Indian skipper in Test matches.
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 Test Captaincy Record – Home-Away Records
Home Tests: 31 matches (24 wins, 2 losses, 5 draws)
Away Tests: 37 matches (16 wins, 15 losses, 6 draws)
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 success as Test captain is also based on his dominance in both home and away conditions. He remains the first Test captain to lead India to a series victory in Australia during the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Under his captaincy, India also reached the finals of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship in 2021 and held the No.1 spot in the ICC Test Team Rankings for 42 consecutive months from October 2016 to March 2020.
Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 Test Captaincy Record – Bowlers’ Captain
Although Kohli is regarded as one of the greatest batters in red-ball cricket history, Virat Kohli라이브 바카라 captaincy style actually centred around his bowlers, mainly the pacers.
Under Kohli라이브 바카라 captaincy, 12 Indian pacers combined to take 591 wickets, while 25 spinners combined to take 583 wickets. In total, six bowlers crossed the 100-wicket mark under his captaincy.
In an interview in 2015, Kohli said that he didn’t “...mind playing a batsman less, as long as we can take 20 wickets”. During Kohli라이브 바카라 tenure as Test captain, India took all 20 wickets in 28 matches, 13 of them being in away matches.
