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India vs West Indies: Captaincy is just a c in front of your name, it's the collective effort that matters, says Virat Kohli

Press Trust of India • September 3, 2019, 13:22:02 IST
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“Captaincy is just a C in front of your name.” With that comment, simultaneously modest and magnanimous, Virat Kohli embraced all his teammates and gave them credit for a personal milestone as India’s most successful Test captain.

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India vs West Indies: Captaincy is just a c in front of your name, it's the collective effort that matters, says Virat Kohli

“Captaincy is just a C in front of your name.” With that comment, simultaneously modest and magnanimous, Virat Kohli embraced all his teammates and gave them credit for a personal milestone as India’s most successful Test captain. After beating West Indies by 257 runs in the second Test here on Monday, Kohli now has 28 wins from 48 Tests, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 27 wins from 60 Tests as captain. “Captaincy is just a C in front of your name. It’s the collective effort that matters. It’s a by-product of the quality team we have here,” Kohli said on the newest record against his name. [caption id=“attachment_7275991” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![Virat Kohli celebrates running out West Indies' Shamarh Brooks on Day 4 of 2nd Test. AP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Kohli-vs-WI-380-AP.jpg) Virat Kohli celebrates running out West Indies’ Shamarh Brooks on Day 4 of 2nd Test. AP[/caption] “If you see these guys running in — (Mohammed) Shami’s spell today, (Jasprit) Bumrah after having a small niggle, Ishant (Sharma) bowling his heart out, (Ravindra) Jadeja bowling a long spell. If we didn’t have the bowlers we have, these results wouldn’t have been possible,” he added. Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin are third and fourth in the list of successful Indian Test skippers with 21 and 14 wins respectively. Overall, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith remains the most successful skipper in the world with 53 Test wins, followed by ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who recorded 48 Test wins in his captaincy tenure. India have made a superb start to the World Test Championship and the win in the second match not only helped them sweep the series 2-0 but also put them on top of the championship points table. With 120 points from two games, India lead the nine-team table even though Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa are yet to begin their bilateral campaigns in the championship. Under Kohli, India have achieved some memorable victories in both India and abroad. Earlier this year, India clinched their maiden Test series in Australia, beating the hosts 2-1 in their own backyard. In the match here, India entered the fourth day needing eight wickets to win and Kohli’s men completed the task after lunch, dismissing the hosts for 210 in 59.5 overs in their chase of a near-impossible target of 468. The bowling quartet of Ishant Sharma (2/37 in 12 overs), Mohammed Shami (3/65 in 16 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (1/31 in 11 overs) and lone spinner Ravindra Jadeja (3/58 in 16.5 overs) were relentless in their pursuit of keeping the home team batsmen on a tight leash. Such was India’s dominance in the two Tests that West Indies couldn’t even cross 250 in any of their four innings and the only half-century was scored by Shamarh Brooks (50) in this game. It was one of the most satisfying tours for skipper Kohli as his team claimed dominating triumphs in all three formats (3-0 in T20Is, 2-0 in ODIs, and 2-0 in Tests).

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