Most away wins by Indian captain - Kohli on brink of becoming most successful Indian captain

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Most wins by Indian captain

 

Captain	Teams	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	Ave	RPO	Inns	HS	LS
*MS Dhoni	1	2008-2014	60	27	18	0	15	1.500	37.00	3.42	109	726	94
*V Kohli	1	2014-2018	45	26	10	0	9	2.600	37.21	3.34	77	759	105
*SC Ganguly	1	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	1.615	38.74	3.14	85	705	99
*M Azharuddin	1	1990-1999	47	14	14	0	19	1.000	36.51	3.03	75	633	114
*SM Gavaskar	1	1976-1985	47	9	8	0	30	1.125	37.90	2.97	78	644	126
*MAK Pataudi	1	1962-1975	40	9	19	0	12	0.473	28.19	2.45	79	510	88
*R Dravid	1	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11	1.333	35.83	3.28	45	675	100
*BS Bedi	1	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	0.545	31.28	2.80	42	524	81

 

 

[SK_IH]

Virat has none in Bangladesh and Zim, his achievement is more praiseworthy than Ganguly.

[GolGappe]

Kohli has never lost a test match after winning the toss.

[Khota]

Not trying to be Debbie Downer but he also had the best bowling at his disposal. Ganguly was the best so far.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Khota

[Trichromatic]

3 minutes ago, Khota said:

Not trying to be Debbie Downer but he also had the best bowling at his disposal. Ganguly was the best so far.

And a weak batting line up.

[R!TTER]

Not to mention the teams Dada faced, only England could be said to have been worse than their current team. The peak Aussie team would have their current bunch for breakfast, lunch, diner & leftovers with time to spare!

[Dil Dil India]

4 minutes ago, Khota said:

Not trying to be Debbie Downer but he also had the best bowling at his disposal. Ganguly was the best so far.

I think everyone sane agrees that most wins and best captain are two different things. However, more than the Indian team of now being better than previous sides, it is the fact that many other sides are much worse than they were in Ganguly's era - Aus had an ATG side, Pak had Inzi, Younis, Yousuf, Asif, SL had Sanga, Jaya, Murali, RSA were much better as well; I am not sure where to place NZ and England, but they were more or less the same.

 

Of course it is not the current team's fault that there are no McGraths, Warnes and Kallis' around. All that matters is that they are the best team in the world currently. Wins are wins.

 

Man-for-man, as I said recently, the India team of the 00s is better than this one - batting was miles better, bowling worse but the gulf in batting is bigger Kohli notwithstanding.

[velu]

dada planted the seed

dhoni watered 

kohli and shastri harvesting 

[Ankit_sharma03]

It was expected that kohli will end up with better numbers then any Indian captain 

[Pollack]

3 minutes ago, velu said:

dada planted the seed

dhoni watered 

kohli and shastri harvesting 

Dhoni did Jack in tests. Neither did dada do anything of note in tests.

[putrevus]

How many  tours have Shami and Ishant toured Ausralia again and why is it they have become a force under Kohli. Bumrah was given debut ahead of Ishant in SA.

kohli is the best captain India ever had, he is best batsman India ever had too.

[R!TTER]

Sure if we want to live in lala land - this is the best team ever forget India 15 years ago, this team would beat the best of WI 5-nil at home 

Edited December 30, 2018 by R!TTER

[Zero_Unit]

54 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Dhoni did Jack in tests. Neither did dada do anything of note in tests.

you do realize velu was talking about captaincy and not individual performance? if you think both ganguly and dhoni did jack for us in test, you are dilusional. A great bowling unit can win you matches on a regular basis. 

[putrevus]

Kohli unlike any Indian captain has raised his level as a batsman too.Did he make mistakes with team selections, yes he did, not selecting Jadeja in Perth was one of them.But unlike other Indian captains he is willing to take chances to win which is most important thing for any captain.

 

I want him to attack more but his batting is so weak , he is afraid to attack more.

 

Edited December 30, 2018 by putrevus

[King Tendulkar]

Great skipper

 

Provides aggression and energy.  Makes team play in same way. 

 

Best player in world, leads from front.  First man to enter the battle and this earns repect of team mates who fall in behind the ultimate warrior to fight, priceless this

 

Groomed sensational fast bowling attack.  Fast, quick, positive, aggressive.  Backed up by aggressive fieding unit, who aggressive to oppo which fires bolwers to give that bit more

 

Fittest indian team ever.  Mass use of sports science.  They faster, stronger then ever before.  Superb mangt of fast bowlers keeping them fit and treating them like diamnonds, they looked after to get best

 

Picking new players, not scared to change team to get wins.  Lots of new players in team and flourisihing.  Pant and Bumrah best examples

 

Turned Ishant carrer around.  Greatest feat in history of mankind turning this lanky piece of **** in to world class operator.

 

Team is happy camp.  ICF dont like that but lads are happy and comfortable on long tours.  Treated like grown ups and they respond to this.

 

Great job doing.  Keep it up

[Rasgulla]

All credit goes to shastri jee

[ShoonyaSifar]

If only he could be a similar leader in shorter formats and kick Dhoni out of the ODI and T20 teams forever. Sooner he realises this, better it will be for him else Rohit is waiting to takeover the LOI leadership after 2019 WC.

[King Tendulkar]

22 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

If only he could be a similar leader in shorter formats and kick Dhoni out of the ODI and T20 teams forever. Sooner he realises this, better it will be for him else Rohit is waiting to takeover the LOI leadership after 2019 WC.

Nah will be skipper in odis for min next 2 wcs

 

Yes totally agree on Dhoni thing.  But clearly Kohli power limited, Powers to be forcing dhoni in, so much polotics in white ball stuff led by dhoni/srinvisan axis of evil

[prudent_kreeda]

1 hour ago, Rasgulla said:

All credit goes to shastri jee

 Haan Ji