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India’s most successful Test captain Virat Kohli said goodbye to the format on Monday. Kohli’s Test career was 14 years long. Kohli, who played his first Test against West Indies in 2011, played his last Test in Australia in 2025.
During this time Kohli made many records. He is the first Asian captain to win the Test series in Australia. His name is the most Test run as captain.
Let’s look at his top-5 records in the story …
1. India’s most successful captain in Test Virat is India’s most successful captain in Tests. He captained 68 Tests, out of which India won 40. Before that, this record was with Mahendra Singh Dhoni (27 wins). Kohli was made India’s regular Test captain on the 2014 tour of Australia. After this, he continued to captain India in the Test till 2022. Kohli left the captaincy of the Test after a tour of South Africa in early 2022.
2. Indians who scored the most Test runs as captain Kohli is the most run -up Indian as a Test captain. He scored 5864 runs in 68 matches at 54.80 average. During this, he scored 20 centuries and 18 half -centuries. He also scored 254 not out as 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, Kohli is at number four in the list of overall captains. Graeme Smith is at the top of this list.
3. First Asian 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 Australian soil 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.
This photo of the Indian team is touring 2018-19 Australia. When the team won the Test series on the land of Kangaroos for the first time.
4. The only Indian who hit 7 double centuries in Test Virat Kohli’s name is the record for scoring the most double centuries for India in the Test. He scored 7 double centuries in his Test career. Virender Sehwag is at number two. He has scored 6 double centuries in his Test career.
5. The world’s first batsman to score double century in four consecutive series Virat is the first batsman in the world to score four double centuries in four consecutive series. He is followed by Don Bradman and Rahul Dravid. Who scored three double centuries in three consecutive series. He had this four double century against West Indies, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh during the 2016-17 season.
