Virat Kohli’s top five knocks as Test captain

Virat Kohli announced to step down as Test captain on Saturday, 15th January 2022. He earlier left the captaincy in ODIs and T20Is too. Virat Kohli has captained the national team in 68 Test matches. Under his captaincy, team India won 40 matches and lost 17. This makes Virat Kohli the most successful Test captain India ever had.

He is the fourth-most successful Test captain in the history of Test cricket. Virat Kohli won his 40th Test in international cricket as India’s Test captain after beating South Africa in  first Test in Centurion. The captains who have won more Tests as captain in international cricket are Steve Waugh (41 Test wins), Ricky Ponting (48 Test wins), and Graeme Smith (53 Test wins).

Virat Kohli has many records as a Test captain, he has won most Tests in SENA countries across all Asian captains. Team India’s win in the first Test against South Africa is Virat’s seventh win in SENA countries. Over the course of his Test career as India’s captain, he won three Tests in the England, two in South Africa, and two in Australia. His immediate step can bring a revolution in Indian cricket.

Virat Kohli has done many wonders as a Test captain but in this article, we will talk about Virat Kohli, The batter. We will try to decode the five best Test knocks of Virat Kohli as Test captain of India.

1. 141 vs Australia, Adelaide 2014

This was the first Test match of Virat Kohli as a Test captain and the Adelaide oval witnessed something special. The Indian skipper was brilliant in that series. He thrashed the Aussie bowlers all over the ground and produced one of the finest knocks in Test cricket. This knock came in the second innings of the Test match.

Australia won the toss and opted to bat first and posted 517 runs on the board, which was very challenging on that pitch. Virat Kohli scored a ton in the first innings too and that hundred helped India to put a score of 444. Australia declared the second innings at 290. That declaration gave India a target of 364 runs in four sessions. India could have drawn the Test match easily but he had other plans, he went for a win.

Kohli batted gloriously throughout the innings and executed those 141 runs. He got a little support from Murali Vijay and took India to a great position. After the wicket of Vijay fell, the other Indian batters were not able to contribute much in that chase. Virat Kohli kept fighting throughout the chase but Nathan Lyon was fantastic that day and India lost the game by 45 runs.