Top 5 captains with highest winning percentage in Tests

#3 Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has proven his pedigree as a world-class batsman by scoring runs with superlative consistency all over the world. Much like his batting, he has proven to be an able leader and aggressive captain under whom the Indian team has risen to the very pinnacle of Test cricket. Since taking over the reins of the captaincy from MS Dhoni, the Indian team has gone from strength to strength.

In 2016 and 2017, India had a fabulous year winning consecutive Test series on the trot. The Kohli-led Indian team became an impregnable fortress at home and rose to become the Number One Test playing nation. Kohli has already surpassed some past greats like Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin in terms of numbers of matches won. With 23 wins under his belt, he is only second to MS Dhoni as India’s most successful Test skipper

Kohli has been the mainstay of the Indian batting and leads a formidable unit boasting of seasoned batsmen in Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. The spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been his ace trump cards in bamboozling opposition batting line-ups on spin-friendly tracks back at home. Above all, the Indian pace attack of Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah has looked potent tp bowl out sides in overseas conditions. Given the stellar start he has had as a captain, Kohli is destined to reach greater heights in times to come.

Virat Kohli Captaincy Record

Matches 38 Won 22 Lost 7 Drawn 9 Win % - 57.89