Rohit Sharma becomes India’s joint fifth most successful Test captain
England: The Indian team defeated England by 5 wickets in the fourth test of the five-match series on Monday. The Indian team defeated England for the third consecutive Test and captured the series. India has maintained an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the current series. The fifth and final Test match of the series between India and England will be played in Dharamshala from March 7. However, after winning the fourth test, Rohit Sharma has left behind his head coach and former captain Rahul Dravid. Rohit Sharma has become India’s joint fifth most successful Test captain. Rahul Dravid captained India in 25 tests and led it to victory 8 times. Rohit Sharma captained India to its 9th win in 15 tests.
equaled these giants
Rohit Sharma equaled the records of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar. Pataudi led 9 wins in 40 Tests while Gavaskar led 9 wins in 47 Tests. Let us tell you that the record of India’s most successful Test captain is in the name of Virat Kohli, who led the team to 40 wins in 68 Tests.
MS Dhoni occupies the second place in terms of giving most Test wins to India. Dhoni led India to 27 wins in 60 tests. Sourav Ganguly is at third place in this list, under whose leadership India won 21 out of 49 tests. Mohammad Azharuddin led 14 wins in 47 tests and is at fourth position in this list.
Rohit has a great opportunity
Rohit Sharma has a great chance to become India’s fifth most successful captain alone. For this they will need to defeat England in the fifth and final Test to be played in Dharamshala. If the Indian team is successful in defeating England in the fifth Test, then it will be the 10th victory under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and he will become the fifth most successful Indian Test captain.
MS Dhoni’s equal
However, Rohit Sharma has equaled the record of former captain MS Dhoni in a special case. Rohit Sharma won three consecutive Tests against England, like Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajit Wadekar have done during their captaincy days. Only Kohli (10 wins in 18 Tests) has won more Tests against England as Indian captain than Rohit Sharma.
