Virat Kohli Test Record: Virat Kohli has taken retirement from Test cricket. A few days after Rohit Sharma’s retirement, he has also said goodbye to the red ball format. Now such a period has come when Rohit and Virat’s pair will not appear in both these formats. 36 -year -old Kohli’s Test career was done in June 2011 and he broke a lot of records in his 14 -year -long Test career. So let’s know about some of Virat’s red ball cricket.
The most Test century as an Indian captain – Virat Kohli was the player to score the most century as captain in Test cricket. Virat captained Team India in 68 Tests, out of which he scored a century in 20 innings. As an Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar is second in the list of players who scored the most Test century, who scored 11 centuries while captain.
The most double century by an Indian – Virat Kohli is the batsman to score the most double century by an Indian in the Test format. He hit 7 double centuries in his 14 -year red ball career. His last double century came against South Africa in 2019. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have scored 6-6 double centuries in both Tests.
India’s most successful captain in Tests – Virat Kohli has defeated legendary captains like Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin and MS Dhoni. Virat was India’s most successful captain in the Test. His Under Team India had won 40 wins in 68 Tests. India’s victory under his captaincy was 58.82. Virat has the highest winning percentage of the players who captained Team India in more than 10 Tests.
The first Indian to score four centuries on a foreign Test tour – Virat Kohli is the first Indian player to play four century innings on a foreign tour. He scored 4 centuries on the 2014-15 Australian tour. Apart from this, he also played four centuries in the 2016-17 England series.
Indians who scored the fourth highest run in Tests – Virat Kohli was the fourth highest run -scorer in the history of Test cricket. He scored 9,230 runs in his 123 Test matches. In this list, only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar were above him.
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