Cricket has seen many greats in the past, and even today, cricket has some brilliant players, but none can match the skillset Virat Kohli brings to the game. The former Indian captain has established himself as probably the best modern-day batter across all three formats. He has dominated this game in the last decade or so, and there is hardly any batting record where you won’t find Virat Kohli among the top. He is the greatest batter in the modern era, but is he a great captain?
He led India between 2017 and 2022. Virat has had his moments as the Indian captain or even the IPL captain. He has led India for 4-5 years across formats, and India had been dominant under his captaincy. Irrespective of the results in the ICC events, Virat’s captaincy has always been up to the mark. He led India to the first white-ball series win in South Africa and led India to win a Test series in Australia. There have been many glorified moments. So let’s talk about his captaincy records across formats and in the IPL.
Virat Kohli: Test Captaincy
Virat Kohli led India in 213 games across formats in his tenure as captain and won 135 of them at a winning ratio of 58.82. His real dominance as captain was in the longest format. It won’t be wrong to say that Virat is one of the best Test captains in history. Under him, India were at the top of the rankings between 2016 and 2021.
He led India to 68 Test matches and won 40 of them, with 15 wins coming in away matches. At home, no team could come close. Virat led India to 11 home test series and won all of them. Overall, India played 24 series under him and won 18 of them. He was not only a good captain, but he also performed well with the bat. As a captain, Virat scored 5703 runs at an average of 54.35 with 20 centuries. He registered 7 double hundreds which is the most by a Test Captain.
| Mts | Won | Lost | Draws | % Win | Home Wins | Away Wins |
| 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 58.82 | 25 | 15 |
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Virat Kohli: ODI Captaincy
In the 50-over format, India were pretty good under him and also played the semi-final of the 2019 ODI World Cup and the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. It wasn’t a good end to his ODI career, as he was sacked by the BCCI, but his record is one of the best. Virat led the Men in Blue in 95 ODIs and won 65 of them, for a brilliant win ratio of 70.43 percent.
He has led India to the fourth-highest ODI wins after MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, and Mohammed Azharuddin. As a batter, he scored 5549 runs as captain, which is second most after MS Dhoni as an Indian captain. Virat hit 21 centuries, which are the most by an Indian captain in ODIs.
| Mts | Won | Lost | NR | Tied | Win % |
| 95 | 65 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 70.43 |
Virat Kohli: T20I Captaincy
T20I was the first format in which Virat Kohli decided to step down as captain. He quit the captaincy after the T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE, which was a horrible event for India. From 2017 to 2021, he led India in 50 T20Is and won 39, for a win percentage of 64.58.
He led India to win the series in SENA countries, which no other Indian captain has done. As captain, he scored 1570 runs as T20I captain for India and is the leading run scorer for India as T20I captain.
| Mts | Won | Lost | NR | Tied | Win % |
| 50 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 64.58 |
