Virat Kohli, who has led the Indian team to new heights in Test cricket, has announced that he will step down as captain. On Saturday, he reported this by sharing an emotional post on social media. Kohli seemed disappointed after losing the Test series against South Africa. A few months ago, he had decided to give up the captaincy of T20, while the BCCI snatched the captain from him for a day. During his captaincy, Kohli made many such records in Test cricket, which puts all legends behind him. Telling you about some of those unique records.
1. Virat 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 has surpassed legends like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.
2. For the last few years, Virat Kohli has been struggling with his 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.
3. Virat 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.
4. 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.
5. Virat Kohli is also one of the batsmen who has scored 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.
6. Virat Kohli has also hit 7-100 doubles while batting as captain. He is the only captain in the world to do so. Till the year 2019, his bat played a lot in test cricket but after that till now, he is struggling with his poor form.
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