5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries as captains in Test cricket

#3.Ricky Ponting

Ponting is the highest run-scorer for Australia in Test cricket

Without a shadow of a doubt, Ricky Ponting will go down as the greatest captain of the Australian Cricket Team. Ponting is the highest run-scorer for Australia in Test cricket with 13378 runs to his name and he is also his country’s highest century-maker with a colossal 41 hundreds.

Ponting captained Australia on 77 occasions and scored 6542 runs as Captain, including 35 fifties and 19 hundreds. He averaged 51.51 as the Australian skipper, compared to his overall career average of 51.85. Ponting’s highest score as Captain was a magical 257 at the iconic MCG and his knock enabled Australia to trounce India by 9 wickets in the year 2003.

Record as Captain:

Innings:140 Runs:6542 Average:51.51 100’s:19 50’s:35

#2.Virat Kohli

Kohli is hailed as the heir apparent to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.

The second place in the list is taken by Virat Kohli. Hailed by many as the heir apparent to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli has dismantled bowling attacks across the world with ease.

The batting Superstar has played 85 innings as captain of the Indian team and scored 4968 runs at an astounding average of 62.89, including 12 fifties and a staggering 19 hundreds. Kohli has also scored a stunning 7 double hundreds as Captain, the latest being an epic 254 that allowed India to trounce South Africa at home.

Kohli is the second fastest Indian batsman to get to 7000 Test runs after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.

Record as Captain

Innings:85 Runs:4968 Average:62.89 100’s:19 50’s:12