Indian batting icon Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday.
Kohli had a glittering stint as captain in the longest format, leading India from 2014 to 2022. With 40 wins in 68 matches, he remains India’s most successful Test captain.
Only Steve Waugh (41), Ricky Ponting (48), and Graeme Smith (53) have registered more wins as Test captains.
Under Kohli, India won its first away Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2018–19. He also led India in 11 home Test series — and won all of them.
Virat Kohli captaincy record
Matches played: 68
Won: 40
Lost: 17
Drawn: 11
India Test series results under Virat Kohli
lost to Australia 0-2 (2014, away)*
drew Bangladesh 0-0 (2015, away)
beat Sri Lanka 2-1 (2015, away)
beat South Africa 3-0 (2015-16, home)
beat West Indies 2-0 (2016, away)
beat New Zealand 3-0 (2016, home)
beat England 4-0 (2016, home)
beat Bangladesh 1-0 (2017, home)
beat Australia 2-1 (2017, home)*
beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (2017, away)
beat Sri Lanka 1-0 (2017, home)
lost to South Africa 1-2 (2018, away)
lost to England 1-4 (2018, away)
beat West Indies 2-0 (2018, home)
beat Australia 2-1 (2018-19, away)
beat West Indies 2-0 (2019, away)
beat South Africa 3-0 (2019, home)
beat Bangladesh 2-0 (2019, home)
lost to New Zealand 0-2 (2020, away)
beat Australia 2-1 (2020-21, away)*
beat England 3-1 (2021, home)
lost to New Zealand – WTC final 2021
drew England 2-2 (2021-22, away)*
beat New Zealand 1-0 (2021, home)
lost to South Africa 1-2 (2021, away)
* Kohli didn’t captain India in all matches in the series
Kohli averaged 54.80 as Test captain, scoring 5864 runs. His highest score as a skipper came in 2019, when he slammed an unbeaten 254 against South Africa in Pune.
Virat Kohli runs scored as captain
as captain
Matches: 68 | Runs: 5864 | Average: 54.80 | 100s: 20
not as captain
Matches: 55 | Runs: 3366 | Average: 37.40 | 100s: 10