India skipper Virat Kohli has added yet another feather to his cap during the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Hyderabad. Kohli has now broken former Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq’s record of most runs in Tests by an Asian captain.
Virat Kohli needed 27 runs to go past Misbah’s record when he came out to bat. And he achieved the feat when he took a single off Jomel Warrican on the final ball of the 35th over. Kohli, however, could not convert his start into a big knock as he was out for 45, falling lbw to Jason Holder.
The 29-year old has now scored 4233 runs as Test skipper in 69 innings at an average of over 65. On the other hand. Misbah scored 4214 runs in 99 innings at an average of 51.39.
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Here is a table showing the top ten Asian captains with most runs in Tests:
| Player | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
| Virat Kohli (INDIA) | 69 | 4 | 4233 | 243 | 65.12 | 17 | 9 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 99 | 17 | 4214 | 135 | 51.39 | 8 | 35 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 66 | 4 | 3665 | 374 | 59.11 | 14 | 10 |
| MS Dhoni (INDIA) | 96 | 11 | 3454 | 224 | 40.63 | 5 | 24 |
| Sunil Gavaskar (INDIA) | 74 | 6 | 3449 | 205 | 50.72 | 11 | 14 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) | 92 | 6 | 3118 | 131 | 36.25 | 2 | 22 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (INDIA) | 68 | 3 | 2856 | 192 | 43.93 | 9 | 9 |
| Angelo Mathews (SL) | 64 | 9 | 2802 | 160 | 50.94 | 6 | 15 |
| Sourav Ganguly (INDIA) | 75 | 7 | 2561 | 144 | 37.66 | 5 | 13 |
| MAK Pataudi (INDIA) | 73 | 2 | 2424 | 203* | 34.14 | 5 | 13 |
Coming to the game, India were 162 for 4 in reply to West Indies 311 when Kohli departed. West Indies started the proceedings with bat on day two with the scoreboard reading 295 for 7.
Umesh Yadav picked up all the three wickets to fall on day 2. The pacer gave India a flying start by striking in the very first over. The pacer got one to take the inside edge of Devendra Bishoo’s bat and crash into the off stump to give India the perfect start.
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Umesh then accounted for Roston Chase who reached his century in the second over of the day after resuming on 98. West Indies innings didn’t last long as they added 14 runs to their overnight score with Shannon Gabriel bagging a first ball duck.
In reply, India were off to a blistering start thanks to Prithvi Shaw who scored 70 off just 53. KL Rahul, however, fell, for just 4 while Cheteshwar Pujara managed just 10.
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