Highest scores by Indian captains in West Indies
Batsman |
Score |
Venue |
Season |
Rahul Dravid |
146 |
Gros Islet |
2006 |
Virat Kohli |
143* |
North Sound |
2016 |
Kapil Dev |
100* |
Port-of-Spain |
1982-83 |
Kapil Dev |
98 |
St.John's |
1982-83 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
92 |
Bridgetown |
1996-97 |
The 143 runs scored by Kohli are the second most by an Indian batsman on the opening day of a Test in the West Indies. Only Virender Sehwag has scored more.
Highest scores by Indian batsmen on first day of a Test in West Indies
Batsman |
Score |
Venue |
Season |
Virender Sehwag |
180 |
Gros Islet |
2006 |
Virat Kohli |
143* |
North Sound |
2016 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
113 |
Port-of-Spain |
2001-02 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
102 |
Port-of-Spain |
1970-71 |
Rahul Dravid |
95 |
Gros Islet |
2006 |
This was the first time Kohli was captaining India in the West Indies. His innings is the second highest by a visiting captain batting for the first time in the West Indies.
Highest maiden innings by visiting captains in West Indies
Captain |
Score |
Venue |
Season |
Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
158 |
Kingston |
2007-08 |
Virat Kohli (Ind) |
143* |
North Sound |
2016 |
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) |
136 |
Providence |
2007-08 |
Stephen Fleming (NZ) |
130 |
Bridgetown |
2002 |
Bevan Congdon (NZ) |
126 |
Bridgetown |
1971-72 |
The century was Kohli's fifth as captain -- all five have come outside India! He now shares the Indian record of most centuries outside India as captain along with with Mohammmad Azharuddin. However, Azharuddin took 41 innings to do so as against Kohli, who needed only 12.
Most AWAY centuries by Indian captains
Captain |
100s |
Inns |
Virat Kohli |
5* |
12 |
Mohammad Azharuddin |
5 |
41 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
4 |
21 |
Rahul Dravid |
4 |
30 |
Sourav Ganguly |
3 |
43 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
2 |
29 |
Kapil Dev |
1 |
22 |
Tiger Pataudi |
1 |
25 |
During the course of his innings Kohli also completed his 1000 runs as captain. Among the Indians, only Sunil Gavaskar has reached this mark in fewer innings (Mahendra Singh Dhoni also took 18 innings). The details:
Fewest innings to 1000 runs as captain for India
Inns |
|
Sunil Gavaskar |
14 |
MS Dhoni |
18 |
Virat Kohli |
18 |
Mohammad Azharuddin |
24 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
24 |
Tiger Pataudi |
26 |
Rahul Dravid |
26 |
Sourav Ganguly |
35 |
Kapil Dev |
40 |
During the course of his innings, Kohli also completed his 3000 runs in Test cricket, becoming the 19th Indian to do so. Kohli is consistently improving upon his rate of reaching every progressive milestone of 1000 runs as is clear from the following table:
Inns |
|
First 1000 runs |
27 |
Next 1000 runs |
26 |
Next 1000 runs |
20 |