Virat Kohli became the first batsman to complete 1000 runs as an Indian captain on South African soil. In South Africa, Sourav Ganguly is at number two in terms of scoring the most runs as Indian captain with 911 runs.
In the first innings of the Cape Town Test against South Africa, Indian Test captain Virat Kohli played a very simple innings, but once again he missed the century. In the year 2019, he scored his last international century in the Day-Night Test match against Bangladesh in Kolkata and since then he has been yearning to score a century. Seeing the way he was batting in Cape Town, it seemed that he might be successful, but his luck was not on his side and he got out.
Virat’s biggest innings in Test after last international cricket
In the first innings of the Cape Town Test match, Virat Kohli faced 201 balls and scored 79 runs with the help of 12 fours and one six. He was caught off Rabada’s ball and missed the century. However, after his last international century in Test cricket i.e. the year 2019, it proved to be his biggest innings so far. However, after getting out on this score, now the wait for Virat’s 71st international century increased.
After Kohli’s last international century, his 5 biggest innings in Tests-
79 runs vs South Africa, 2022
74 runs vs Australia, 2020
72 runs vs England, 2021
62 runs vs England, 2021
55 runs vs England, 2021
Kohli completes 1000 runs as Indian captain in South Africa
Virat Kohli became the first batsman to complete 1000 runs as an Indian captain on South African soil. In South Africa, Sourav Ganguly is at number two with 911 runs, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at number three with 592 runs.
Top three Indian captains who scored the most runs in South Africa-
1000 runs – Virat Kohli
911 runs – Sourav Ganguly
592 runs – MS Dhoni