Stats: Captains with centuries in all the 4 innings in Test cricket

Prior to Kohli, 9 Indians have scored centuries in all the four innings in Test cricket but none of them managed to do it while leading the side.

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Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring a century. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

Virat Kohli brought up his 17th century in Test cricket just before he declared the innings to set a 550-run target in front of Sri Lanka in the first Test match of the 3-match series at the Galle. This was Kohli’s maiden hundred in the 3rd innings of a Test match as he possessed a sub standard record batting in this part of the match.

Kohli had managed to score only 4 fifties in the 25 innings before this Test in the 3rd innings and scored 678 runs at just 27 runs per innings while averaging over 45 in the remaining three innings in Tests. With this century, Virat became the first Indian captain to score centuries in all the 4 innings in Test cricket. He is overall the 15th captain to achieve this feat.

Prior to Kohli, 9 Indians have scored centuries in all the four innings in Test cricket but none of them managed to do it while leading the side. The last among Indian players to score centuries in all 4 Test innings was VVS Laxman.

The most recent entry to the overall list of captains with centuries in all the 4 innings in Tests was Alastair Cook, the England captain, who recently stepped down from his role. From Asia, only Kohli and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene are a part of this 15-men list.

Captains to score centuries in all the 4 innings in Test cricket:

CaptainsTeam1st innings centuries2nd innings centuries3rd innings centuries4th innings centuries
Sir Donald BradmanAustralia5342
Alan MelvilleSouth Africa1111
Sir Garry SobersWest Indies5141
Bob SimpsonAustralia4411
Greg ChappellAustralia4621
Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies1221
Graham GoochEngland3252
Mark TaylorAustralia2122
Brian LaraWest Indies2732
Graeme SmithSouth Africa8944
Michael VaughanEngland3231
Ricky PontingAustralia8623
Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka6521
Alastair CookEngland3351
Virat KohliIndia4411

Indian players with centuries in all the 4 innings in Tests:

Player1st innings centuries2nd innings centuries3rd innings centuries4th innings centuries
Vijay Hazare1321
Polly Umrigar5511
Gundappa Viswanath5441
Sunil Gavaskar111274
Dilip Vengsarkar5651
Mohammad Azharuddin8842
Sachin Tendulkar2018103
Rahul Dravid151551
VVS Laxman6641
Virat Kohli5912

 

(Stats as on July 29, 2017)

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