Virat Kohli as India Test captain: stats

Here are all the stats you need to know of Virat Kohli as India's Test captain.

Virat Kohli in action.

Virat Kohli on Saturday decided to step down from Test captaincy after India's 1-2 Test series defeat to South Africa.

Here are some stats from his glorious stint as the red-ball captain of the Indian cricket team.

Kohli took up Test captaincy in 2014. In the 68 matches he skippered since then, Kohli has managed to lead the side to 40 victories. With 17 losses and 11 draws, the side enjoyed a win percentage of 58.82 under his leadership.

Most matches as captain of Team India

Player	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Win% (rounded off)
Virat Kohli	68	40	17		11	59%
MS Dhoni	60	27	18		15	45%
Sourav Ganguly	49	21	13		15	43%
Mohammad Azharuddin	47	14	14		19	30%
Sunil Gavaskar	47	9	8		30	19%

Not only Kohli happens to be the most successful Indian Test skipper (in terms of matches won and win%), but he has also led the nation in the most number of Tests.

In fact, Kohli ranks sixth among captains, who have led in most number of Test matches. Also, only Graeme Smith (53), Ricky Ponting (48) and Steve Waugh (41) have won more Test games than Kohli (40).

Most matches as captain in Tests

Player	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Win% (rounded off)
Graeme Smith (ICC/SA)	109	53	29		27	49%
Allan Border (AUS)	93	32	22	1	38	34%
Stephen Fleming (NZ)	80	28	27		25	35%
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	77	48	16		13	62%
Clive Lloyd (WI)	74	36	12		26	49%
Virat Kohli (IND)	68	40	17		11	59%
Joe Root (ENG)	61*	27	24		9	44%
MS Dhoni (IND)	60	27	18		15	45%
Alastair Cook (ENG)	59	24	22		13	41%
Steve Waugh (AUS)	57	41	9		7	72%

Only against Australia, did Virat have a win% less than 50 - 30%.

Kohli as skipper (By Opposition Teams)

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Win%
England	18	10	6	2	56%
South Africa	12	8	3	1	67%
Australia	10	3	4	3	30%
Sri Lanka	9	6	1	2	67%
West Indies	8	6		2	75%
New Zealand	7	4	4		57%
Bangladesh	4	3		1	75%

During this period he also scored 5864 runs, with his highest being an unbeaten 254 against South Africa in 2019. Averaging 54.80, he also has 20 hundreds and 18 half-centuries under his belt. Only Smith (8659), Allan Border (6623) and Ponting (6542) have more runs in Tests as a skipper.

Most runs as skipper in Tests

Player	Matches	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg.
Graeme Smith (ICC/SA)	109	8659	277	25	36	48
Allan Border (AUS)	93	6623	205	15	36	51
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	77	6542	209	19	35	52
Virat Kohli (IND)	68	5864	254*	20	18	55
Clive Lloyd (WI)	74	5233	242*	14	27	51

The 33-year-old boasts an incredible 77.41 per cent win record as captain in home games losing only two of a total of 31 fixtures. In 37 away games, he has managed to emerge victorious on 16 occasions.

(With inputs from Opta)