India’s Defeats in Test Cricket Under Virat Kohli’s Captaincy Since 2017

Jun 18, 2020 at 10:09 AM

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India’s Defeats in Test Cricket Under Virat Kohli’s Captaincy Since 2017

The Indian cricket team recently slumped to a 0-2 defeat in the Test series versus New Zealand away from home. While their record at home in Virat Kohli’s captaincy has been great. However, Team India has not been such a great team on the road considering recent show in the extended version of the game.

The Men in Blue have surrendered various games to opposition teams in away conditions. The recent Test and ODI series loss to New Zealand has further raised questions on Kohli’s team and his abilities as a captain as well.

While the 31-year-old himself struggled to find any sort of consistency with the bat during India’s tour of New Zealand, his decision to not play Rishabh Pant in the earlier matches and then to bring him in towards the end of the tour in place of Wriddhiman Saha was not the best call certainly.

With so many questions being asked, we decided to take a route down the memory lane and pinpoint how many Test matches India have lost exactly under the captaincy of Kohli. Let’s take a look.

Here are the Test matches that India have lost in the Virat Kohli’s leadership from 2017 to 2020:

1) South Africa vs India 2017-18

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South Africa (Photo Credit: AFP.)

The Indian team were on a tour of South Africa, back in 2017-18 and they played a three-match Test series with the hosts, wherein the Men in Blue suffered a 1-2 series loss up against the Proteas.

Under Kohli’s leadership, Team India suffered defeat in two consecutive games in 2017-18, and they avoided a clean sweep by winning the final match of the series, to take home some consolation.

In the first Test in Cape Town, South Africa beat India by 72 runs, whereas in the second match at Centurion, they won by an even bigger margin of 135 runs and wrapped up the series.

However, Kohli’s men salvaged some pride by winning the final match with a margin of 63 runs. Lungi Ngidi starred for the Proteas as he was in a good form and even picked up six matches in the penultimate game.

2) England vs India 2019

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England. (Credits: Twitter)

India’s tour of England in 2019 was a two-month-long affair that lasted from August to September. The two teams were due to play a five-match Test series, wherein the hosts prevailed, beating India emphatically by a margin of 4-1.

Joe Root’s men ousted India in the first Test, eventually winning by 31 runs, at Birmingham. In the second Test, Virat Kohli and company suffered a huge loss by an innings and 159 runs, at the Mecca of cricket, the Lords.

The Men in Blue responded in the third game as they hammered the hosts by a margin of 203 to try and come back in the series, instead, they fell to consecutive defeats in the following matches and surrendered the series to England.

1) New Zealand vs India 2020

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(Source: Twitter)

The most recent defeat under Virat Kohli’s captaincy came against New Zealand, where the whole team suffered. In the two-match Test series, the Kiwis dominated from the get-go, stamping their authority on home turf by blanking India 2-0.

In the first Test in Wellington, the hosts won by 10 wickets thereby, winning their 100th Test match. Kohli’s men continued to struggle in the second match as well, at Christchurch, losing the game by seven wickets in under three days.

It’s safe to say that the team, that relies on its batting a little too much, suffered because the batsmen failed to show up.

With Rohit Sharma ruled out due to injury, India’s decision to leave out KL Rahul came back to haunt them, and hopefully, they will learn their lessons from this extremely disappointing tour of New Zealand.

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