NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is a much stronger Test captain in Mahendra Singh Dhoni following captaining India at 60 Tests, but he still wants to match India wicketkeeper-batsman’s accomplishments as a pioneer at limited-overs cricket.
A few days ahead of the India team departs for England to the World Test Championship final against New Zealand (from June 18 to 22) and five Test matches against England, Kohli stands along with Dhoni as the individual to get captained India in many series of Test matches.
Both have contributed India at 60 Test matches.
But, Kohli is much more effective, having directed the negative to 36 wins against Dhoni who directed them into 27 wins.
The India No.
3 batsman’s list as captain out Asia was nominated using all the 2018-19 Test series triumph in Australia, an accomplishment that gave assurance to the Indian group beneath Ajinkya Rahane to replicate the effort in 2020-21.
He’s won four Tests in the West Indies (from six), only one in South Africa (from 3 ), 2 in Australia (from seven) and only one in England (from five).
He’s lost the two Tests in New Zealand.
In Contrast, Dhoni has led India into a Single Test win every in New Zealand, South Africa, England and South Africa.
Worse, he had been at the helm if India were also blanked 0-4 in Test series in England at 2011 and also in Australia at 2011-12.
But in regards to limited-overs cricket, Dhoni remains unmatchable.
He’s won all of the significant prizes as India limited-overs captain — 50-over World Cup, T20 World Cup along with Champions Trophy.
He’s also directed Chennai Super Kings into IPL too as Champions League T20 names.
Regardless of, former England captain Michael Vaughan has predicted Dhoni greater than Kohli throughout formats, even however he believed Kohli is much better as chief at Test cricket.
Asked in an interview about crictracker.
com about who’s a better captain,” Vaughan explained,”MS Dhoni.
He is the trailblazer at the white-ball match.
He is the very best ever T20 captain with a great distance.
Everything he brought to this Indian group was amazing.
Virat is the greater Test captain, however around formats, it is Dhoni.
” Kohli has captained India at 95 ODIs, winning 65 games and dropping 27 with just one tie and no outcome.
He’s led India at 45 T20Is, winning 27, dropping 14, two ties and two draws.
In contrast, Dhoni has led India at 200 ODIs, winning 110, dropping 74, linking five with 11 games producing no outcome.
Dhoni captained India at 72 T20Is, directing them into 41 wins, 28 losses.
He led India to a connected outcome and two no consequences.
The win percent for Dhoni that the skipper isn’t remarkable compared with Kohli, but it’s the huge decorations that Dhoni has won India which has put him over the rest.