T20 World Cup With Virat Kohli swansong as India’s T20 captain, the 32-year-old has a chance to go to a higher level if India manage to win this year’s edition in the UAE. While India’s record under Kohli in T20Is has been good, skipper Kohli is still on the hunt for his maiden ICC trophy, and what better chance and motivation than this to win the trophy. Virat Kohli potentially has seven more matches to go to lead India across the format, and even if he won’t be able to go ahead M S DhoniAs India’s most successful T20I captain in terms of wins, he may be aiming to match Dhoni’s achievement since 2007.
Virat Kohli has led India to 27 wins and 14 losses in 45 matches while two matches have resulted in no results and two ties. This makes Kohli the second most successful T20 captain for India in terms of wins. Dhoni leads the table with 41 wins from 72 matches. Overall, Kohli is at the eighth position in the list of captains with most matches in T20Is. Incidentally, the most successful captain in the format is Asghar Afghan of Afghanistan who has 42 wins in 52 matches. Virat Kohli’s win percentage of 65.11 is only against Afghan (81.73) in the format.
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Most wins by captains in T20Is:
42 – Asghar Afghan (52 matches)
41 – MS Dhoni (72 matches)
37 – Eoin Morgan (64 matches)
29 – Sarfaraz Ahmed (37 matches)
27 – Virat Kohli (45 matches)
27 – Darren Sammy (47 matches)
| Most matches as captain | |||||||
| player | Period | mat | Won | Lost | tied | No | % |
| MS Dhoni (India) | 2007-2016 | 72 | 41 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 59.28 |
| EJG Morgan (England) | 2012-2021 | 64 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 60.31 |
| WTS Porterfield (IRE) | 2008-2017 | 56 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 50 |
| Asghar Afghan (AFG) | 2015-2021 | 52 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 81.73 |
| AJ Finch (Australia) | 2014-2021 | 49 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 48.93 |
| KS Williamson (New Zealand) | 2012-2021 | 49 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 48.95 |
| DJG Sammy (West Indies) | 2011-2016 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 61.11 |
| Kohli (in India) | 2017-2021 | 45 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 65.11 |
| Shahid Afridi (ICC/Pakistan) | 2009-2018 | 44 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 44.31 |
| F. du Plessis (South Africa / World) | 2012-2019 | 40 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 61.25 |
State Courtesy: Cricinfo
Kohli has scored the most T20I runs by an Indian captain and with 1502 T20I runs, he is the fourth highest run-scorer in T20I captains. Kohli was also the fastest to 1000 T20I runs as a captain, reaching the milestone in just 30 innings. As captain, Kohli tops the list of most fifties registered in the format with 12, followed by Babar Azam (11), Aaron Finch (11), and Kane Williamson (11).
Highest T20I Run Scorer Captain
Aaron Finch – 1589
Virat Kohli – 1502
Kane Williamson – 1383
Eoin Morgan – 1371
Faf Du Plessis – 1273
Virat is the only Indian captain to have registered a series win across formats in the SENA nation. India won 5-0 in New Zealand in 2020, 2-1 in Australia in 2020, 2-1 in England in 2018 and 2-1 in South Africa in 2018.
Virat Kohli as captain in T20Is:
Won T20 series in England (2-1)
Won T20 series in New Zealand (4-0)
T20 series won in Australia (2-1)
Won T20 series in South Africa (2-1)
Won T20 series in Sri Lanka (1-0)
Won T20 series in West Indies (3-0)
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