Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has achieved another great success. India took a 1-0 lead in the second match of the five-match Test series against England at Lord’s. On the last day of the match on Monday, England needed 272 runs to win but the entire team was bundled out for just 120 runs. India won by a huge margin of 151 runs.
The victory at Lord’s against England was Indian captain Kohli’s 37th victory. Along with winning this match, he got behind many legendary captains and got his name in the list of top 4 captains who have won the most wins in the world. Kohli has overtaken the former West Indies in terms of Test victories. Windies captain had 36 victories in Tests, due to which Kohli has gone ahead after Lord’s victory.
most test wins:
Former South African captain Graeme Smith has 53 wins as captain in Tests. Australian legend Ricky Ponting’s name comes at number two. He led the team to victory in a total of 48 test matches. Australia’s Steve Waugh is in third place with 41 wins. Indian captain Kohli has reached number four with 37 wins.
Most Test wins for India:
Kohli has left everyone behind in the list of Indian captains who have won the most Test wins. Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had 27 wins in 60 Tests. So Sourav Ganguly captained 49 Tests and won 21. Mohammad Azharuddin had 14 wins in 47 Tests.