Virat Kohli Captaincy Records in Test, ODI, T20I, & IPL (All Formats)
Here is the list of all the Virat Kohli Captaincy Records. Virat Kohli already ruled the world cricket through his batting, but some of his captaincy records are remarkable, specifically in the Test format of cricket. His aggressive approach helped Indian cricket in the red ball format to maintain 1st place in the ICC Test Rankings from October 2016 to March 2020 for almost 3.5 years.
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Virat Kohli Captaincy Period: Debut, and Last game as a Captain
Test Cricket: 9th December 2014 to 11th January 2022
ODI Cricket: 2nd July 2013 to 28th March 2021
T20I Cricket: 26th January 2017 to 8th November 2021
IPL: 11th May 2011 to 11th October 2021
MS Dhoni handed Virat Kohli the Test cricket captaincy in 2014 and Virat Kohli became the all-format Indian cricket captain in January 2017.
Virat Kohli Captaincy Records in Test Cricket
MS Dhoni handed over the Test Cricket (Red ball cricket) captaincy duties to Virat Kohli in the year 2014 during the 4 test match series in Australia. Since then, Virat Kohli led Indian Cricket Team in 68 Test matches and made the team unstoppable with his aggressive approach.
With 40 wins Virat became the most successful Indian test cricket captain after MS Dhoni and 4th best Test cricket captain in world cricket. He led India in the ICC World Test Championship 2021 final as well, where India lost the final against New Zealand.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Draw | Win% | Home Wins | Away Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 58.82 | 24 | 15 |
| Series | Won | Lost | Draw | Home Wins | Away Wins | Series Won% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 75.00 |
Virat Kohli Captaincy Records in ODI Cricket
Virat Kohli played his 1st ODI match as a full-time Indian cricket team captain on 16th January 2017. As a leader, Virat captained the Indian cricket team in 95 matches and became the 2nd batsman in the world to register the most centuries as a captain in the ODI format which is 21 behind Ricky Ponting’s 22 centuries.
With a win percentage of 70.43, Virat Kohli is the most successful Indian ODI captain and the 4th successful captain in the world as well in commanding at least 50 matches. He also led the side in two major ICC events which were ICC Champions Trophy 2017 where India lost the final against Pakistan and ICC World Cup 2019 where India lost the semifinal against New Zealand.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 70.43 |
Virat Kohli Captaincy Records in T20I Cricket
Virat Kohli played his 1st T20I match as a full-time Indian cricket team captain on 26th January 2017. He led the Indian cricket team in 50 T20I matches. He got only one ICC event to lead in the T20 World Cup 2021 where India exited in the group stage only.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 64.58 |
Kohli scored the most T20I runs by an Indian captain. And with 1570 T20I runs, Virat is ranked fourth among captains with the most runs in T20Is. He is also the third most successful T20I captain of India with 30 wins behind Rohit Sharma’s (39) T20I wins and MS Dhoni secured the most T20I wins (42) as Indian captain.
Virat Kohli Captaincy Records in IPL
Virat Kohli started his journey as a full-time captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from the IPL 2013 edition till the IPL 2021 edition. He captained RCB for 143 matches. And, He is also the 4th successful IPL captain. Unfortunately during his leadership journey, his franchise could not win a single IPL trophy.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | 66 | 70 | 3 | 24 | 48.56 |
Virat Kohli Captaincy Legacy
Despite having zero ICC trophies under his leadership, the impact Virat Kohli created as a leader was significant enough to make the Indian cricket team more aggressive to win the game in any situation.
