Captain Virat Kohli set for 60th Test bash

The fourth Test against England at Ahmedabad on Thursday will witness Virat Kohli leading India for the 60th time in Test cricket a jointhighest with Mahendra Singh Dhoni Kohli has a success rate of 593237 35 wins 14 loss and 10 draws the most by an Indian skipper in 10 or more Tests middaycom provides you five historic series wins India have achieved under Kohlirsquos leadership21 v Australia in 201819The 201819 maiden Test series win in Australia was then arguably Indiarsquos biggest victory in the last few decadesThe tourists took full advantage of Australiarsquos weakness They were without their former skipper Steven Smith and bighitting opener David Warner both banned for balltampering in South Africa The first Test at Adelaide was a thriller as India registered their first win in Australia in over 10 years Chasing 323 Australia fell short by 31 thanks to three wickets each by pacers Jasprit Bumrah Mohd Shami and offie R Ashwin The Aussies however made a comeback in the second Test at Perth to level the series 11A century by inform batsman Cheteshwar Pujara helped India post 4437 declared in the first innings of the third Test In reply Indiarsquos pace bowling sensation Bumrah grabbed 633mdashthe secondbest figures by an Indian fast bowler in Australiamdashto rattle the hosts for just 151 and take a mammoth 292run lead Kohli did not enforce the followon as India declared their second innings for 1068 to set Australia a 399run target The hosts managed just 261 in the second essay as India went on to win the Test by 137 runs to take a 21 lead in the fourmatch series and retain the BorderGavaskar Trophy The victory also saw Kohli equalling Sourav Gangulyrsquos record of most wins 11 by an Indian Test captain abroadThe rainhit fourth Test at Sydney ended in a draw as India scripted history to win their firstever series in Australia 71 years after they first toured Down Under21 v Sri Lanka in 201516This was Indiarsquos first fullfledged Test series under the leadership of Kohli The opening Test of the threematch series didnrsquot go Indiarsquos way as the visitors failed to achieve the 176run target on Day Four August 15 2015 to give the country an Independence Day gift The hosts restricted India for just 112 as the visitors suffered a shock 63run defeat This was Indiarsquos lowestever total against Sri LankaBut Kohlirsquos men made a strong comeback in the second match to spoil Sri Lankan wicketkeeperbatsman Kumar Sangakkararsquos farewell India had a nearperfect game scoring 393 and 3258d in the first and second innings respectively as the tourists set Sri Lanka a target of 413 Despite a rain scare India managed to beat Sri Lanka by 278 runs on the final afternoon for their first Test win in a yearIndia scripted history by beating the hosts by 117 runs in the third Test for their first Test series win in Sri Lanka since 1993 The series also witnessed Indian bowlers claiming all 60 wickets of the opposition in a threeTest series for the first time since the 198889 home series against New Zealand30 v Sri Lanka in 201718A lot was expected from Team India on the back of their last series win in Sri Lanka and the visitors didnrsquot disappoint India lost just 32 wickets in the threematch series as compared to Sri Lankarsquos 60 The hosts didnrsquot come close to victory even in a single TestKohlirsquos men demolished Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the first Test an innings and 53 runs in the second match and by an innings and 171 runs in the third as India went on to create history with the first whitewash in an away series of three or more Tests It also witnessed India winning three matches in an away Test series for the first time since they beat New Zealand 3ndash1 in 1967ndash6840 v England in 201617India hosted England in a fivematch Test series for the first time since 198485 also Indiarsquos first on home soil since the 198687 series against PakistanEngland started the tour on a positive note scoring a mammoth 537 in the first innings of the opening Test at Rajkot With India needing 310 to win on Day Five the visitors came close to achieving victory by reducing the hosts to 1326 But India fought back to draw the first TestThere was no looking back for India thereafter as they went on to thrash England in the remaining four matches with the fifth Test at Chennai witnessing several records being broken The victory also took the hostsrsquo unbeaten streak to 18 matches a thenrecord set by India England became the first team to lose a Test by an innings after scoring 477 in the first essay as the hosts in reply posted a mammoth 7597 declared their highestever total in Test cricket Karun Nairrsquos first innings triple ton 303 was the icing on the cake as he became only the second Indian to score a triple Test century India went on to win the match by an innings and 75 runs to clinch the fivematch series 4030 v New Zealand in 201617The first Test at Kanpur was Indias 500th Test and the team celebrated the occasion by registering a 197run win over New Zealand Despite almost 1200 runs scored by both teams in the first Test the match did not witness a single centurion a rarity in Test cricket Ashwinrsquos 6132 in the second innings and 10wicket match haul helped India complete a historic win in the landmark TestThe second match at Kolkata witnessed another landmarkmdashIndias 250th Test at home Kohlirsquos men repeated their first Test show as the clinical performance helped the hosts grab the series with a 178run victory The win also ensured Indiarsquos rise to the top of the ICC Test rankingsThe third Test was a cakewalk for India after Kohli 211 and Ajinkya Rahane 188 put on a massive 365run partnership for the fourth wicket as the hosts declared their innings at 5575 The visitors thereafter never seemed to be in the game as India hammered New Zealand by 321 runs to wrap up the series 30 their first clean sweep against the Kiwis in Test series involving three or more games