Captain Rohit equaled this record from Dravid
Rohit Sharma IND vs ENG 3rd Test: The third match of the 5-match Test series was played between the teams of India and England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. In this match, the Indian team defeated England by 434 runs. With this historic win, team captain Rohit Sharma created a major record in his name. He has reached his head coach Rahul Dravid in a special achievement in Indian cricket.
Captain Rohit’s historic achievement
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India secured a 2-1 lead in the series with victory in the Rajkot Test. At the same time, this Test match marks Rohit Sharma’s 8th win as captain. This puts him level with Rahul Dravid in the list of captains who have won the most Test matches for India. Dravid has a record of 8 wins in 25 Tests. At the same time, Virat Kohli is at the top of this list. Under his captaincy, Team India won 40 Tests.
Captain with the most Test wins for India
Virat Kohli 40 wins
Ms. Dhoni 27 wins
Sourav Ganguly 21 wins
Mohammad Azharuddin 14 wins
Sunil Gavaskar 9 wins
Team India’s biggest win in Rajkot
Team India had scored 445 runs in the first innings of the Rajkot Test match. After that, the English team got off to a very good start in the first innings but could only score 319 runs and were exhausted. At the same time, Team India declared their second innings after scoring 430 runs and gave England a target of 557 runs. In response, the England team was limited for just 122 runs. In this way, India won the game by 434 runs. This is India’s biggest run win in the history of Test cricket. At the start of 2021, India had won the match against New Zealand by 372 runs, which was Team India’s biggest win.
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