Virat Kohli became only the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to lead India in 50 Test matches when he walked out to take the field in the second Test against South Africa in Pune. MS Dhoni is the only other player who has achieved this milestone. he captained the side 60 times from 2008 to 2014 while Sourav Ganguly is third on the list who led the side 49 times. While speaking about this on the eve of the Test, Virat Kohli said he felt lucky to represent India.

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

“I feel I am lucky enough to be in this position. I am grateful that I have been able to play so many games for India, let alone captain so many games. It is a nice little landmark but the focus is to win as many Test matches as possible and just win every game we can. Stats and numbers don’t matter to me but when the team recognizes these little things, it means something to me as a player. I’m grateful for whatever has happened in my career so far,” he said.

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India have been the number 1 Test team under Virat Kohli’s captaincy and he has also become the most successful Test captain ever with 29 wins. India have drawn 10 and lost 10 tests. India also won their first Test series victory in Australia under Virat Kohli. The win-loss ratio of 2.9 is also the best for any Indian captain and also the third overall behind former Australia captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.

However, Yuzvendra Chahal, who hasn’t made his Test debut yet, posted a hilarious tweet. “Congrats bhaiya, only 50 more test matches than me,” Chahal tweeted.

Congrats bhaiya 🤙 only 50 more test matches than me 🤣😂😜 pic.twitter.com/jkmKY7vLxo

— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) October 10, 2019