Where will VK be ranked amongst Indian test captains if India win an overseas test match under him this year?

[sourab10forever]

Has already achieved so much as a  captain in the test format....

 

*Longest Streak.

*#1 test side.

*Best W/L ratio.

*has led from the front as a batsmen.

 

Mind you they have played every team at home...now if this team under Kohli can win a game or two in AUS/SA/ENG/NZ...where will it rank Kohli?

 

[Laaloo]

Numero Uno

[GolGappe]

He is already up there. Looking at his predecessors,

Sachin/Azhar - Nothing to show. Maybe a series win in SL.

Ganguly - Won a series in Pakistan and a commendable drawn series in Australia.

Dravid - Series wins in England and WI.

Dhoni - Series wins in WI and NZ. Additionally, one hard-fought drawn series in RSA?

Kohli - Already won two series in SL and one in WI. One more series-win in England, RSA, NZ, or Aus would really cement his legacy. Couple more would push him to the very top of list of India's greatest test captains.

 

If I remember correclty, Kohli also captained two test matches in Australia and both matches were drawn while India lost the other two under Dhoni.

Edited December 22, 2017 by GolGappe

[Trichromatic]

He is already best captain of India.

[gattaca]

Its not the start but its progress and how it will end. All Indian captains had steep fall after good initial years. 

[Vk1]

3 hours ago, GolGappe said:

He is already up there. Looking at his predecessors,

Sachin/Azhar - Nothing to show. Maybe a series win in SL.

Ganguly - Won a series in Pakistan and a commendable drawn series in Australia.

Dravid - Series wins in England and WI.

Dhoni - Series wins in WI and NZ. Additionally, one hard-fought drawn series in RSA?

Kohli - Already won two series in SL and one in WI. One more series-win in England, RSA, NZ, or Aus would really cement his legacy. Couple more would push him to the very top of list of India's greatest test captains.

 

If I remember correclty, Kohli also captained two test matches in Australia and both matches were drawn while India lost the other two under Dhoni.

The Adelaide test we lost was captained by VK. His positive choice for that leg spinner over Ashwin wasn't fruitful. We lost the next test in Brisbane to debutant Hazlewood

[maniac]

If he wins a series in South Africa he will be the greatest Asian captain of all time,leave alone Indian.

[Rasgulla]

We already won series in NZ before

 

Rsa/AUS/Eng IF 

[Rasgulla]

3 hours ago, GolGappe said:

Sachin/Azhar - Nothing to show. Maybe a series win in SL.

Sachin has a whitewash at home by RSA.. Let's not forget that

Edited December 22, 2017 by Rasgulla

[Rasgulla]

10 minutes ago, Vk1 said:

 

If I remember correclty, Kohli also captained two test matches in Australia and both matches were drawn while India lost the other two under Dhoni.

Not accurate 

 

1st Test - Lost ( Virat)

2nd Test - Lost (Dhoni)

3rd Test - Draw ( Dhoni)

4th Rest - Draw (Virat)

 

Series ended up 2-0 to AUS

[New guy]

4 hours ago, GolGappe said:

He is already up there. Looking at his predecessors,

Sachin/Azhar - Nothing to show. Maybe a series win in SL.

Ganguly - Won a series in Pakistan and a commendable drawn series in Australia.

Dravid - Series wins in England and WI.

Dhoni - Series wins in WI and NZ. Additionally, one hard-fought drawn series in RSA?

Kohli - Already won two series in SL and one in WI. One more series-win in England, RSA, NZ, or Aus would really cement his legacy. Couple more would push him to the very top of list of India's greatest test captains.

 

If I remember correclty, Kohli also captained two test matches in Australia and both matches were drawn while India lost the other two under Dhoni.

Wasn't some of them under Kumble?

[philcric]

2 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

We already won series in NZ before

 

Rsa/AUS/Eng IF 

 

We won series in Eng too. Thrice.

 

[wanted_desi]

I want series win in SA or Australia. I think we can win atleast at one place. I think in England it will be almost impossible to win as we aren't good against swing bowling. 

[LordPrabhzy]

21 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

I want series win in SA or Australia. I think we can win atleast at one place. I think in England it will be almost impossible to win as we aren't good against swing bowling. 

we have won before in Eng so its tough but not impossible. Our pacers must make the ball talk as much as the english pacers do. 

 

Apart from that SA and Aus are our final frontier. Whichever captaaan delivers them will be in my eyes the best Indian captain there ever was.

[sandeep]

Not enough to win a "test match".   We need to win at least one of the 3 away series in SA, Eng, Aus.  I'm hoping we win 2.  

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, philcric said:

 

We won series in Eng too. Thrice.

 

DHONI...(previous captain)

[Vk1]

8 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

Not accurate 

 

1st Test - Lost ( Virat)

2nd Test - Lost (Dhoni)

3rd Test - Draw ( Dhoni)

4th Rest - Draw (Virat)

 

Series ended up 2-0 to AUS

Yes I checked it again after that post. 

[Vilander]

12 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

Eng

2003 series was won in Eng 0-1. 

 

Only places where India has not won a series is in RSA and AUS came close in both. 

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, Vilander said:

2003 series was won in Eng 0-1. 

 

Only places where India has not won a series is in RSA and AUS came close in both. 

It was a draw 1-1 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_2002

 

 

[jalebi_bhai]

He's on course to becoming the most successful Indian Test captain in terms of wins. Surely by the end of the next home cycle. Already has 20 wins under his belt with 3 losses (Aus 2, 1 SRL). The record is Dhoni with 27.

 

If we manage to draw the next three overseas tours or lose, win and draw 1 series each, he'll do his legacy no harm. I think drawing the next three overseas series would be a serious achievement.