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ODIs: How India fared under Captain Kohli

December 09, 2021 07:12 IST

Virat Kohli was replaced as India's ODI captain on Wednesday. Do the numbers justify the change? Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers.

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India under Virat Kohli in ODIs

Year	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
Before 2017*	17	14	3	0	0	82.35
2017	26	19	6	1	0	73.08
2018	14	9	4	0	1	64.29
2019	26	18	7	1	0	69.23
2020	9	3	6	0	0	33.33
2021	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
Total	95	65	27	2	1	68.42

* Even though Virat captained India in 17 ODIs between 2013 and 2016, it was only in January 2017 that he became the full-time captain.

India's win-loss record in ODIs under Virat home and away

	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
At home	35	24	10	0	1	68.57
Away	60	41	17	2	0	68.33
In Australia	6	3	3	0	0	50.00
In Bangladesh	4	2	2	0	0	50.00
In England	17	11	6	0	0	64.71
In New Zealand	6	3	3	0	0	50.00
In South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	83.33
In Sri Lanka	5	5	0	0	0	100.00
In West Indies	11	7	2	2	0	63.64
In Zimbabwe	5	5	0	0	0	100.00

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India under Virat Kohli in ICC tournaments

	Games	Won	Lost	Win%
ICC World Cup	9	7	2	77.77
ICC Champions Trophy	5	3	2	60.00
Total	14	10	4	71.42

This is how Kohli has fared as captain in ODIs and oan verview on whether his batting has been affected or not.

Virat Kohli in ODIs

	Games	Runs	Hs	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Before becoming full-time captain	176	7,570	183	52.93	90.43	26	38
Since becoming full-time captain	78	4,599	160*	73.00	98.05	17	24

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Comparing Kohli's record to Dhoni and Rohit. Also a comparison of the best ODI captains.

Virat Kohli as captain in ODIs in comparison to his predecessor and successor

Win-loss record

	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
M S Dhoni	200	110	74	11	5	55.00
Virat Kohli	95	65	27	2	1	68.42
Rohit Sharma	10	8	2	0	0	80.00

Performance with the bat as captain

	Games	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
M S Dhoni	200	6,641	139*	53.55	86.21	6	47
Virat Kohli	95	5,449	160*	72.65	98.28	21	27
Rohit Sharma	10	543	208*	77.57	97.31	2	2

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India's record in ODIs under M S Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma

At home

	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
M S Dhoni	73	43	26	3	1	58.90
Virat Kohli	35	24	10	0	1	68.57
Rohit Sharma	3	2	1	0	0	66.66

In away matches

	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
M S Dhoni	127	67	48	8	4	52.76
Virat Kohli	60	41	17	2	0	68.33
Rohit Sharma	7	6	1	0	0	85.71

In World Cup

	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
M S Dhoni	17	14	2	0	1	82.35
Virat Kohli	9	7	2	0	0	77.77
Rohit Sharma	0

Photograph: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Instagram

Most Successful Captains in ODIs

(Minimum 50 ODI games)

	For	Games	Won	Lost	No Result	Tied	Win%
Clive Lloyd	WI	84	64	18	1	1	76.19
Ricky Ponting	Aus+	230	165	51	12	2	71.74
Hansie Cronje	SA	138	99	35	3	1	71.74
Virat Kohli	Ind	95	65	27	2	1	68.42
Michael Clarke	Aus	74	50	21	3	0	67.57
Viv Richards	WI	105	67	36	2	0	63.81
Steve Waugh	Aus	106	67	35	1	3	63.21
Shaun Pollock	SA+	97	60	33	1	3	61.86
Graeme Smith	SA+	150	92	51	6	1	61.33
Wasim Akram	Pak	109	66	41	0	2	60.55

Most Successful Captains in ODIs with the bat

(Minimum 50 games)

	For	Games	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	Ind	95	5,449	160*	72.65	98.28	21	27
A B de Villiers	SA	103	4,796	162*	63.94	110.48	13	27
M S Dhoni	Ind	200	6,641	139*	53.55	86.21	6	47
Kane Williamson	NZ	77	3,420	148	49.56	79.22	7	22
Angelo Mathews	SL	106	3,264	139*	45.97	84.93	1	22
Michael Clarke	Aus	74	2,745	117	45.75	77.19	5	17
Steve Smith	Aus	51	1,984	164	45.09	84.96	5	12
Eoin Morgan	Eng	124	4,403	148	44.92	96.17	9	29
Misbah-ul Haq	Pak	87	3,003	96*	44.82	71.46	0	27
Inzamam-ul Haq	Pak+	90	2,809	123	43.89	83.30	2	19

Highlights of Virat's ODI career as a captain

Only Indian captain to win a five-match series 5-0 outside India (v Zimbabwe in 2013 and v Sri Lanka in 2017)
Led India to series wins in South Africa (5-1 in 2018), in Australia (2-1 in 2019) and in New Zealand (3-0 in 2019).
Virat has the highest win-percentage for an Indian captain in India (minimum 10 matches; 68.57)
Virat has the highest win-percentage for an Indian captain outside India (minimum 10 matches; 68.33)
Virat has the highest win-percentage for a subcontinent captain in SENA countries (minimum 10 matches; 62.85)
Virat has the highest batting average for a captain in ODIs (minimum 50 matches; 72.65)
Virat is the quickest to 1,000 ODI runs as captain (17 innings)
Virat is the quickest to 2,000 ODI runs as captain (36 innings)
Virat is the quickest to 3,000 ODI runs as captain (49 innings)
Virat is the quickest to 4,000 ODI runs as captain (63 innings)
Virat is the quickest to 5,000 ODI runs as captain (82 innings)
Virat's 21 hundreds are the second most by an ODI captain after Ricky Ponting's 22. Virat played 91 innings as against Ponting's 220.

Low points of Virat's ODI career as a captain

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RAJNEESH GUPTA