IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli chasing captaincy record, check all milestones

IND vs SA LIVE: Virat Kohli chasing history- check all records A number of players are chasing numerous records in the third & final Test scheduled to take place at Newlands, Capetown. Virat Kohli is leading the charts with multiple records in the sight as Team India eye to conquer the final frontier, South Africa. Follow India vs South Africa LIVE score updates on InsideSport.IN

IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli chasing special captaincy record, check all milestones in fray for CapeTown Test

Most Successful Test Captain: Currently at No. 4th, Virat Kohli can end up with MOST TEST WINS as captain in the entire history of Test Cricket, check how?

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli will equal Steve Waugh’s captaincy record of 41 wins as captain in Test matches. Kohli has 40 wins in 67 Tests and a victory in Johannesburg will take the India captain to the joint-third spot on the list of most successful Test captains. He is also closing on Australia’s Ricky Ponting & SA’s Graeme Smith.

Most successful captains in Test cricket

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
Graeme Smith (ICC/SA)	2003-2014	109	53	29	0	27
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	77	48	16	0	13
Steve Waugh (AUS)	1999-2004	57	41	9	0	7
Virat Kohli (INDIA)	2014-2021	67	40	16	0	11
Clive Lloyd (WI)	1974-1985	74	36	12	0	26

He is also closing in on the landmark of 8,000 Test runs and could become only the sixth Indian batter to reach the milestone.

Most runs for India in Tests
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
Sachin Tendulkar	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
Rahul Dravid	1996-2012	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	7
Sunil Gavaskar	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
VVS Laxman	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14
Virender Sehwag	2001-2013	103	178	6	8503	319	49.43	23	31	16
Virat Kohli	2011-2021	98	166	10	7854	254*	50.34	27	27	14

R Ashwin

India spin maestro R Ashwin is set to overtake Kapil Dev to become the second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. He has taken 430 wickets from 83 matches while Kapil Dev scalped 434 wickets in 131 games. Anil Kumble stays at the top with 619 wickets.

Most wickets
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
A Kumble	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.9	35	8
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.9	23	2
R Ashwin	2011-2022	83	156	22550	10419	430	7/59	13/140	24.23	2.77	52.4	30	7
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2015	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	2.84	68.5	25	5
I Sharma	2007-2021	105	188	19160	10078	311	7/74	10/108	32.40	3.15	61.6	11	1
Z Khan	2000-2014	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	3.27	60.4	11	1

Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane, who finally returned to form with a half-century, needs 79 runs to complete 5000 runs in Test cricket. He will become the 13^th player to achieve the feat in Test cricket.

Cheteshwar Pujara

India batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara needs 8 runs to go past Dilip Vengsarkar’s record in Test cricket. He has scored 6661 runs from 94 Tests while Vengsarkar had scored 6668 runs from 116 games. He can also complete 7000 Test runs to become the ninth Indian player to achieve the feat.

Mohd Shami

India pace spearhead Mohd Shami is five wickets away from completing 50 Test wickets against South Africa. He can also become the first pacer to achieve the record and join R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh & Anil Kumble on an elite list.

Aiden Markram

South Africa captain Aiden Markram needs 124 runs to complete 2000 runs in Test cricket.

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