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A peculiar captaincy debut for Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli finally led India in a One-Day International -- the third match of Tri-Nation Series -- as MS Dhoni was ruled out of the tournament after hurting his hamstring during India’s first game against the West Indies.
Kohli is the 22nd player to captain India in a One-day International.
At 24 years 239 days he is the fifth youngest to lead India in an ODI, says statistician Rajneesh Gupta.
Youngest ODI captains for India
Age | Player | Vs | Venue | Year | Result |
23 Y 126 D | SR Tendulkar | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 1996 | Lost |
23 Y 182 D | SK Raina | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2010 | Lost |
23 Y 249 D | Kapil Dev | Sri Lanka | Amritsar | 1982 | Won |
24 Y 178 D | V Sehwag | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2003 | Won |
24 Y 239 D | V Kohli | Sri Lanka | Kingston | 2013 | Lost |
A peculiar captaincy debut for Virat Kohli
Kohli had to wait for 104 ODIs before finally getting a chance to lead India.
Here is the list of Indians who led the country for the first time after playing 100 games.
Players captaining India for the first time after playing 100 ODIs
Player | Matches |
A Kumble | 217 |
R Dravid | 138 |
A Jadeja | 129 |
SR Tendulkar | 119 |
K Srikkanth | 111 |
SC Ganguly | 111 |
V Kohli | 104 |
G Gambhir | 100 |
A peculiar captaincy debut for Virat Kohli
The captaincy debut, however, became an entirely forgettable experience for Kohli as Sri Lanka handed India a huge defeat by 161 runs.
Among Indians, S Venkataraghavan suffered a bigger defeat on ODI captaincy debut.
Indians suffering a huge defeat on ODI captaincy debut
Margin | Captain | Opponents | Venue | Year |
202 runs | S Venkataraghavan | England | Lord's | 1975 |
161 runs | V Kohli | Sri Lanka | Kingston | 2013 |
108 runs | M Azharuddin | New Zealand | Dunedin | 1990 |
57 runs | GR Viswanath | New Zealand | Hamilton | 1981 |