Chandigarh,May 12: India suffered a major setback in the midst of IPL 2025 when regular captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests. It was not even a week that Virat Kohli also announced his retirement from Tests. In such a situation, we are telling you about the different records of Virat. Today we are telling you about the historic Test series won during his captaincy.
Australia was defeated in its home
In the year 2018-19, the Indian team went on a tour of Australia. In this Test series known as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India performed brilliantly. India won the first Test of the four-match series by 31 runs. However, it had to face defeat in the second Test. After this, India won the third Test by 137 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the series and drew the fourth match. With this, India won the first Test series on Australian soil. This was the first time that India won the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
Defeated West Indies 2-0
In the year 2019, the Indian team under the captaincy of Virat defeated the Caribbean team 2-0 in its home. In this two-match series, India won all the Tests and won both the matches by a big margin. India won the first match by 318 runs and the second match by 257 runs. This was India’s best performance in the West Indies. India had won Test matches here before, but the dominance that Kohli’s team created was never there before. A new aggressive Team India started under Kohli’s captaincy which is not afraid of anyone.
Defeated South Africa 3-0
In 2015, India won the four-match Test series against South Africa 3-0. This was one of India’s biggest Test wins. At this time, the African team was very strong. It had many legendary players like de Villiers, Amla and Du Plessis. Along with this, this African team was number one in the Test rankings. However, India defeated Africa 3-0 and snatched the first position in the Test rankings from them.
Defeated New Zealand 3-0
In 2016, India also won the Test series against New Zealand 3-0. In this series, Team India won the first match by a huge margin of 321 runs. The second match was won by 178 and the third match by 197 runs. In this series, Virat Kohli also performed brilliantly with the bat. Along with captaincy, Virat’s contribution as a batsman was very important. During this time, he showed his flair in Test cricket and no other batsman was even close to him.
Took revenge by defeating England 4-0
Under Kohli’s leadership, India registered its most spectacular victory in a Test series by defeating England 4-0 at home. Under Kohli’s captaincy, the Indian team dominated completely and proved England to be a dud. The first Test in Rajkot was a draw, then it seemed that Alastair Cook’s England team had come with the same intention as in 2012-13. However, after this, India showed its prowess under Kohli’s captaincy. India won the second Test in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs. After this, the Indian team won the third Test in Mohali by eight wickets. India won the fourth Test in Mumbai by an innings and 36 runs. Team India ended the series on a high note by winning the fifth Test by an innings and 75 runs and won the series 4-0. It also avenged the series defeat at home in 2012-13.
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