3 best comeback wins by India under Virat Kohli's Leadership

The Indian cricket team has seen an upward trajectory in terms of wins and performances, ever since Virat Kohli has taken up the leadership role.

There have been criticisms about his questionable decisions regarding the playing 11 or even the constant chopping and changing of the squad, but the skipper has stood his ground every time.

The Indian team had made the light work of a long and gruelling home test season of 2016-17 by winning 11 of the 13 scheduled tests.

But the dominance with which they won showed the confidence they carried around them. While it would be unfair to think that the same performances could have been repeated abroad, but there were lots of big hopes from this team.

So, here are three great performances by the Kohli's team when the odds were stacked against them

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#3 Trentbridge, Nottingham 2018 Vs England

India scripted a convincing against England at Trent Bridge

A lot was written and said about the Indian test team having the technique to play in these conditions. While the bowlers ran amok in the previous two tests, only Kohli was immune to there deadly spells.

So, the questions were raised about Kohli's team selection and providing the right amount of the balance to the team. Indian team again went with three changes with Pant, Bumrah and Dhawan coming in for Karthik, Kuldeep and Vijay.

The toss did not go India's way and that was about the only notable thing that did not go India's way. The openers provided the desired start, with the middle order chipping in with crucial runs that set the tone for victory in the rest of the match.

Hardik Pandya came into his own to bag a maiden fifer and score run a ball 52 in the second innings. Bumrah justified his selection with a fifer in the second innings and Rahane repaying the faith shown in him by the team management by scoring a brisk knock of 81 runs.

The slip catching was as good as seen in recent times, with Rahul and Pant taking seven catches each to take India home.

#2 Wanderers Stadium 2018 Vs South Africa

Then an inspired and pumped up bowling saw the hosts collapse from 124/1 to 177/10 and resulting in a memorable Indian victory

The series was done and dusted by the time Indian team reached the Wanderers Team, housing the famous Bull Ring. But it was nonetheless a matter of pride that the No.1 test team in the world were playing for.

Both teams were in for surprise because of a spiteful pitch that behaved uncontrollably and with its cracks wide open set its eyes on inflicting serious injuries to the batsman.

In all this chaos India was made to bat first which resulted in a total of 187 runs. Pujara and Kohli were among runs scoring 50 and 54 runs respectively. These runs proved to be worth its weight in gold, as India bowled South Africa out for 194 runs.

The lead did not come to hurt back India as they scored 247 runs in the second innings with Rahane top scoring with important 48 runs that set South Africa a target of 241 runs. The action did not stop here as South Africa raced to 124 runs after an initial wobble.

Then an inspired and pumped up bowling from India saw the hosts collapse from 124/1 to 177/10 and resulting in a memorable Indian victory.

#1 Sinhalese Sports Club(SSC), Colombo vs Sri Lanka 2015

The Sri Lankan batting was dismantled by Ishant Sharma's consistent and accurate length

A simple glance at the scorecard would not tell the real story behind how this was a tough win for India. But, looking at the context of the series this test match became the most crucial among all the three.

Before the third test match, India had lost the first test match spectacularly and won the second test match comfortably. But there was still the impending threat of Herath's vicious spell that India had not recovered from.

It was a sort of batting collapse for India in the first innings as they succumbed to 180/7 but an inspiring batting from Pujara saw him carrying his bat through the innings after coming in at No.2 to open. It also helped India post a reasonable total of 312 runs on the board.

The Sri Lankan batting was dismantled by Ishant Sharma's consistent and accurate length that saw them conceding a lead of 110 runs. India made full use of that advantage after putting on 274 runs on the board and setting Sri Lanka a target of 386 runs.

But surprisingly, the pitch in the fourth innings turned benign that made run-scoring easier. The wounds inflicted by Chandimal's innings in first test match still afresh were slowly threatening to open when Sri Lanka reached 242-5 back on Matthews Century.

So a breakthrough at that moment by Ishant Sharma saw Indian bowlers running riot and finishing the tale quickly. The victory made India finally realize its dream of winning a test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years long wait.

It was definitely one of most riveting and competitive series of recent times that saw the team that contended till the last session of the final test match took the trophy home.

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