A win in opposition to Bangladesh within the first Take a look at of the upcoming two-match collection will convey a historic second for India. If Rohit Sharma & Co handle to place it throughout the guests, India’s wins in Take a look at cricket will outumber the defeats for the primary time ever.
India have to this point performed 579 Checks. The wins and losses from these matches are at present tied at 178 every, whereas 222 matches ended as attracts and one was tied.
A victory in Chennai will make it 179 wins and 178 defeats for India in red-ball cricket.
The particular achievement within the offing makes one flip the pages of Indian cricket historical past backwards in an effort to research when the pattern began to alter.
Termed as ‘lions at dwelling, lambs overseas’ prior to now, India had a dismal document abroad, which saved the variety of defeats greater than wins.
Trying on the Take a look at captaincy statistics of Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, a comparatively honest evaluation could be gauged by means of comparability of the information of Dhoni and Kohli, who have been on the helm of India’s Take a look at workforce for the longest length.
Earlier than the flip of the century and for a brief interval after that as effectively, the win-loss ratio for India in Checks was closely in favour of the losses.
Whereas Rahul Dravid stays the final India captain to win a Take a look at collection in England (2007), the noticeable constant enchancment in India’s efficiency in red-ball matches, each at dwelling and abroad, began below Dhoni and went a notch greater below Kohli. Nonetheless, Rohit Sharma’s win proportion (62.5%) in 16 Checks as captain is the best.
But when the comparability benchmark have been to be set at 60 matches, then solely Dhoni and Kohli come below that bracket. Dhoni grew to become the Take a look at captain in 2008 whereas Kohli took over in the direction of the top of 2014.
Azharuddin is third in that checklist with 47 Checks as captain.
* Mohammad Azharuddin – 47 Checks (14 wins)
* Sourav Ganguly – 28 Checks (11 wins)
* MS Dhoni – 60 Checks (27 wins)
* Virat Kohli – 67 Checks (40 wins)
* Rohit Sharma – 16 Checks (9 wins)
The above numbers give readability on the place India began successful extra usually in Take a look at cricket. What Dhoni began below his management, Virat took ahead, together with India’s first Take a look at collection win on Australian soil.
So the affect was clearly throughout Kohli’s captaincy, although his win proportion in Checks (58.82%) stays behind Rohit’s (62.5%).
That apart, Virat ushered the pattern of successful Take a look at matches with tempo assaults that put India’s Take a look at aspirations and affect on a distinct pedestal.
Technically, if any captain single-handedly modified India’s picture of traditionally counting on a spin-heavy assault, it was Virat’s choice to place collectively a tempo battery (alongside former coach Ravi Shastri) that modified issues without end.
So, no catalyst served Indian cricket higher than the choice to usher within the fast-bowling pattern. And that credit score solely lies with Virat so far as India’s Take a look at captaincy is worried.
India have to this point performed 579 Checks. The wins and losses from these matches are at present tied at 178 every, whereas 222 matches ended as attracts and one was tied.
A victory in Chennai will make it 179 wins and 178 defeats for India in red-ball cricket.
The particular achievement within the offing makes one flip the pages of Indian cricket historical past backwards in an effort to research when the pattern began to alter.
Termed as ‘lions at dwelling, lambs overseas’ prior to now, India had a dismal document abroad, which saved the variety of defeats greater than wins.
Trying on the Take a look at captaincy statistics of Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, a comparatively honest evaluation could be gauged by means of comparability of the information of Dhoni and Kohli, who have been on the helm of India’s Take a look at workforce for the longest length.
Earlier than the flip of the century and for a brief interval after that as effectively, the win-loss ratio for India in Checks was closely in favour of the losses.
Whereas Rahul Dravid stays the final India captain to win a Take a look at collection in England (2007), the noticeable constant enchancment in India’s efficiency in red-ball matches, each at dwelling and abroad, began below Dhoni and went a notch greater below Kohli. Nonetheless, Rohit Sharma’s win proportion (62.5%) in 16 Checks as captain is the best.
But when the comparability benchmark have been to be set at 60 matches, then solely Dhoni and Kohli come below that bracket. Dhoni grew to become the Take a look at captain in 2008 whereas Kohli took over in the direction of the top of 2014.
Azharuddin is third in that checklist with 47 Checks as captain.
* Mohammad Azharuddin – 47 Checks (14 wins)
* Sourav Ganguly – 28 Checks (11 wins)
* MS Dhoni – 60 Checks (27 wins)
* Virat Kohli – 67 Checks (40 wins)
* Rohit Sharma – 16 Checks (9 wins)
The above numbers give readability on the place India began successful extra usually in Take a look at cricket. What Dhoni began below his management, Virat took ahead, together with India’s first Take a look at collection win on Australian soil.
So the affect was clearly throughout Kohli’s captaincy, although his win proportion in Checks (58.82%) stays behind Rohit’s (62.5%).
That apart, Virat ushered the pattern of successful Take a look at matches with tempo assaults that put India’s Take a look at aspirations and affect on a distinct pedestal.
Technically, if any captain single-handedly modified India’s picture of traditionally counting on a spin-heavy assault, it was Virat’s choice to place collectively a tempo battery (alongside former coach Ravi Shastri) that modified issues without end.
So, no catalyst served Indian cricket higher than the choice to usher within the fast-bowling pattern. And that credit score solely lies with Virat so far as India’s Take a look at captaincy is worried.
