The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli is set to equal MS Dhoni’s record of most matches as captain of the Indian team in the longest format when India will be locking horns with England in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad. The match will be Kohli’s 60th Test as the skipper, and it will take him to level with Dhoni. Apart from that, Virat is also 17 runs away from 12,000 international runs as captain, a feat achieved only by Australia’s Ricky Ponting and South Africa’s Graeme Smith before him.

Ponting had amassed as many as 15,440 runs as Australia skipper, while Graeme Smith had 14,878 runs under his belt while leading South Africa. Kohli is also one century away from surpassing the tally of Ricky Ponting for most centuries as international captain. The last time Kohli crossed the three-figure mark was in the day-night Test against Bangladesh in 2019.

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If the Indian skipper manages to score a century at the Narendra Modi Stadium, it would be his 42nd while leading India. He can also equal Clive Lloyd’s record of 36 Test victories if India go on to win the match.

Virat Kohli will be standing fourth on the list of Test captains with the most wins if he leads India to victory in the fourth Test.

While Kohli hasn’t managed to score a century in the ongoing series, he is the fourth-highest run-getter, behind Joe Root, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin. Kohli has managed to score a couple of half-centuries in the first two Tests of the series, which were played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

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India come in to the final match with a 2-1 series lead. If they can avoid defeat in the fourth Test, India will qualify for the final of the inaugural World Test Championship.