Top 10 overseas Test knocks by Indian captains in the history of the game

#5 Virat Kohli – 153 vs South Africa (Centurion - 2018)

Virat Kohli is a man who sets an example for his teammates. After a poor first Test in Cape Town where India lost and he failed with the bat, India restricted South Africa to 335.

Virat Kohli strode out to bat at 28/2 and with India suffering a collapse in both innings of the first Test, there was a lot of pressure on the Indian captain. And the way he paced his innings was just fabulous. Wickets kept falling around him, but he kept batting like a warrior.

His drives were fluent as ever, he was leaving the ball well, getting behind the line of the ball solidly and more importantly was looking to keep the scoreboard ticking. He scored a sublime 153 (his 21st Test century) and scored almost 50% of the team’s first innings total (307). It was his knock that brought India close to South Africa’s first innings total.

However, this knock wasn’t enough as India lost chasing 287 in the fourth innings.