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India vs England: Virat Kohli surpasses MS Dhoni to set this NEW record

The 32-year-old Virat Kohli already is India’s most successful Test captain with 35 wins under his belt. Sourav Ganguly and Mohammed Azharuddin have 21 and 14 victories to their credit as captains of the Indian cricket team. India registered only their second Test victory inside two days.

  • India’s latest Test win means Kohli now has 22 wins in 29 Tests at home – one better than MS Dhoni who had 21 wins from 30 Tests at home.
  • The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru.
  • Patel picked five wickets in the English second essay, adding to his outstanding haul of six in the first innings.

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India vs England: Virat Kohli surpasses MS Dhoni to set this NEW record Indian captain Virat Kohli celebrates a dismissal with Axar Patel in the third Test against England at Narendra Modi Stadium. (Source: Twitter)

Indian skipper Virat Kohli became the country’s most successful captain at home after the hosts thrashed England by 10 wickets in the third Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in side two days. India’s latest Test win means Kohli now has 22 wins in 29 Tests at home – one better than MS Dhoni who had 21 wins from 30 Tests at home. 

The 32-year-old Kohli already is India’s most successful Test captain with 35 wins under his belt. Sourav Ganguly and Mohammed Azharuddin have 21 and 14 victories to their credit as captains of the Indian cricket team.

India registered only their second Test victory inside two days, overhauling a meagre target of 49 against England in the day-night Pink-ball Test to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series on Thursday (February 25).   

The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. England’s previous Test loss inside two days came way back in 1921 against Australia. There was no end to England’s batting woes against the spin duo of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin as the side folded for 81 in its second innings. This was the team’s lowest Test total against India. 

Openers Rohit Sharma (25) and Shubman Gill (15) then completed the formalities in 7.4 overs, barely half an hour into the final session of the day. 

Earlier, Patel picked five wickets in the English second essay, adding to his outstanding haul of six in the first innings. His became the best bowling performance in a pink-ball match. 

Ashwin, on the other hand, added four more to his first-day spoils of three scalps to cross the 400-wicket mark in the longest format.