The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has surpassed former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly while leading the Indian team in the second Test against South Africa, surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become only the second Indian captain to lead the side in 50 Test matches. Ganguly had led India in 49 Test matches from 2000 to 2005. MS Dhoni is the only other captain to lead India in more than 50 Tests.
Dhoni had led the team in 60 Test matches from 2008 to 2014. The Board of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) took note of Kohli’s milestone as the Indian Test skipper and tweeted, “It will be Match No. 50 as Test Captain for @imVkohli when he takes the field in the 2nd Test against South Africa. Congratulations Skip!”
It will be Match No. 50 as Test Captain for @imVkohli when he takes the field in the 2nd Test against South Africa. Congratulations Skip! 👏👏🇮🇳 #TeamIndia #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/Itfw2BiJgG
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 9, 2019
Kohli is the most successful Test skipper for India with a win percent of 58. He has led India to as many as 29 wins from 2014. Dhoni had led India to 27 wins from 60 games while under Ganguly India won 21 Test matches.
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Former South African captain Graeme Smith leads the list of most Test victories as a skipper with 53 victories from 109 matches followed by Ricky Ponting (48). Under the leadership of Kohli, India commenced the World Test Championship with a 2-0 clean sweep over the West Indies. They had bagged 120 points from the away series.
India began their home leg of the World Test Championship with a win over South Africa. The victory helped India consolidate their top spot in the World Test Championship with 160 points.
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The second Test between India and South Africa at the MCA stadium in Pune which started on October 10 followed by the final Test at the JSCA stadium in Ranchi, starting from October 19.
