The Indian skipper Virat Kohli overtook Mohammad Azharuddin to win eight Test series as captain. Kohli achieved this record with a win against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Colombo, where Indian team went up in the series by a margin of 2-0.
With this win, he also came close to the record of Sourav Ganguly, who has 10 series win in his account. Kohli is also quite close to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record, who has 11 series win alongside his name.
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| Captain | Wins |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 11 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 10 |
| Virat Kohli | 8* |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 7 |
| Rahul Dravid | 5 |
Kohli took over the captaincy of Test side in the year 2014 and within three years of being handed the job, he has come so close to this record. In fact, he also became the only Indian captain to win two series in Sri Lanka. In the year 2015, he became the first captain to win a series in Sri Lanka after a period of 22 years and achieved new feet on Sunday (August 5).
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With each and every series, Kohli is tumbling record, which is self-explanatory from his performance as the skipper. Though tough the time awaits for him as Indian team is yet tour countries like England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand and it will be there when Kohli led side will be put to the real test.
India lost their last series against these teams when last time they toured these countries and the biggest challenge for Kohli will be to turn the fortunes of the team in those pitches, where he himself might struggle with the bat.
For the time being, the Indian skipper would be quite satisfied with the performance of the team and the way India has won two back to back series in Sri Lanka.
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