Virat Kohli has surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become India\u2019s most successful Test skipper after the team recorded its 28th win under his leadership, a 257-run hammering of the West Indies here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 28 wins have come from 48 matches for Kohli as captain. His predecessor Dhoni led India to 27 wins from 60 Test matches during his tenure.Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin are third and fourth in the list of successful Indian Test skippers with 21 and 14 wins, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith remains the most successful skipper in the world with 53 Test wins, followed by ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who recorded 48 Test wins in his captaincy tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India have made a superb start to the World Test Championship and the win in the second match not only helped them sweep the series 2-0 but also put them on top of the championship points table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the match here, India entered the fourth day needing eight wickets to win and Kohli\u2019s men completed the task after lunch, dismissing the hosts for 210 in 59.5 overs in their chase of a near-impossible target of 468.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bowling quartet of Ishant Sharma (2\/37 in 12 overs), Mohammed Shami (3\/65 in 16 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (1\/31 in 11 overs) and lone spinner Ravindra Jadeja (3\/58 in 16.5 overs) were relentless in their pursuit of keeping the home team batsmen on a tight leash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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