Virat Kohli Surpasses MS Dhoni To Become Most Successful Test Captain

Kohli now has 28 wins from 48 matches as Test skipper. MS Dhoni had scripted 27 Test wins from 60 matches

Indian skipper Virat Kohli reached a new milestone after his boys thumped West Indies by 257 runs in the second Test in Jamaica on Monday. He surpassed MS Dhoni to become the most successful Indian Test captain. Kohli had 27 wins to his credit ahead of the Jamaica Test match, but with the win, Kohli took his tally to 28 wins in the longest format of the game. The 30-year-old now has 28 wins from 48 matches as Test skipper. MS Dhoni had scripted 27 Test wins from 60 matches.

Most wins as Indian captain in away Tests:

12 Kohli (26 Tests) 11 Ganguly (28) 6 Dhoni (30) 5 Dravid (17) Most wins overall: 27* Kohli (47) 27 Dhoni (60) 21 Ganguly (49) 14 Azharuddin (47)#WIvInd — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 25, 2019

Most away Test wins (Indian captains)

Virat Kohli 13* Sourav Ganguly 11 MS Dhoni 6 Most away Test wins (Asian captains) Misbah-ul-Haq 13 Virat Kohli 13* Sourav Ganguly 11 Most wins outside Asia (Asian captains) Misbah-ul-Haq 8 Virat Kohli 8* Sourav Ganguly 6#WIvIND 😍🙌 pic.twitter.com/4fSs5oShUD — Cricingif (@_cricingif) September 2, 2019

India had registered a comprehensive 318-run win in the first Test match and as a result, Kohli had added yet another feather to his cap, becoming the most successful Indian captain in overseas Tests. Kohli had gone past former captain Sourav Ganguly to achieve the feat. This was Kohli's 12th overseas Test victory. He broke the record in his 26th match as skipper on foreign soil. Ganguly had 11 Test wins from 28 matches. With this win in the second Test, India has won the two-match series 2-0 and they have moved to the top of World Test Championship standings with 120 points. This win was the eighth consecutive series victory for India over Windies.