Coming into this ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka, Indian skipper Virat Kohli was under the scanner given his poor previous Test assignment, against Australia at home. The batting icon, began his tour on a poor note, as he was tricked by the short ball yet again, and returned for a low score of just 3. Thereby, for Kohli to get his confidence back as a batsman, a fluent innings was just what the doctor ordered.
Thankfully for all Indian fans, the decisions to not enforce the follow on proved to be precisely that, as Kohli currently is unbeaten on 76, and if anything, his knock has been completely flawless. The India number four played an array of awe inspiring drives and took some serious strides, hinting his return to prime form.
En route his half century on the third day at Galle, like always, Kohli encountered a statistical brilliance as he became just the 7th Indian captain to score 1000 Test runs away from home. Not to ignore, he has got to the milestone in the least number of innings (17).
For Indian captain’s with most runs away from home, Kohli stands 6th on that list, just getting past the tally of the great Sunil Gavaskar. With 1026 runs currently, Kohli is well eyeing the first spot of this coveted list, as Sourav Ganguly heads it with 1693 Test career runs away from home.
Below, is the detailed list of the most runs scored by Indian captain’, away from home.
- Sourav Ganguly – 1693 runs
- MS Dhoni – 1591 runs
- Mohammad Azharuddin – 1517 runs
- Rahul Dravid – 1219 runs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 1098 runs
- Virat Kohli – 1026 runs
- Sunil Gavaskar – 1023 runs