Virat Kohli, who led the India team in Test cricket for nearly 7 years, announced his resignation on Saturday. He shared this information on social networks with an emotional note. Kohli was the most successful test captain of the Indian team and during his tenure the team achieved many records by performing well. Kohli will continue to play all three formats of cricket even after relinquishing the captaincy. Today we tell you how Virat Kohli’s Test race has been so far.
Virat Kohli has played 99 matches in his trial career so far. He has scored 7,962 runs in 168 innings at an average of 50.39. Kohli has so far scored 27 centuries and 28 half centuries in Test cricket with the bat. Other than this, he has so far hit 896 fours and 24 sixes in Test cricket. For the last two years, Virat Kohli has been struggling with his poor form and has failed to score any centuries. Even against South Africa, he couldn’t play a great tackle.
Kohli captained the India team in 68 Test matches, of which 40 matches were also won. They lost in 17 matches, while 11 matches were drawn. He is the captain to win the most test matches for India. In this case, he beat legends like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar. For the last couple of years, Virat Kohli has been struggling with poor form and hasn’t even scored a century. Despite this, he has scored 5,864 runs in 113 innings as captain at an average of 54.80. Kohli’s bat has scored 20 centuries and 18 half centuries as Test captain.
1. Kohli also recorded the record for captaining the India team in most test matches. Virat captained 68 matches while Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained 60 matches.
2. Virat Kohli has won the most home matches, 24. Previously, the record for winning the most test matches was held by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had won 21 matches in India as captain.
3. Virat Kohli is also one of the batsmen with the most centuries as captain. Kohli scored 20 test centuries in his career as captain. Only African Graeme Smith is ahead of him, who has 25 centuries to his name.
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