Virat Kohli is indeed the man of the moment as he has led India to a series victory against South Africa in the on-going Test Series. With the recent victory in the 2nd Test against South Africa on Oct 13, 2019, at Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune, Kohli has now become the 3rd most successful Test captain behind Ricky Ponting & Steve Waugh in terms of winning percentage. Having said that let us have a look at the top five Test skippers of all time who has secured the most number of winning percentage. Latest ICC Test Batsmen Rankings 2019: Virat Kohli Closes In On Steve Smith To Become No.1, Mayank Agarwal IN and Rohit Sharma Drops OUT of Top-20 List.

Virat Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match award for his unbeaten knock of 254 runs against Proteas in the 2nd Test which helped India post a massive total of 601/5. India won the match by an inning and 137 runs as India enforced follow-on after the visitor got restricted on just 275 runs in 1st inning. In the 2nd inning, South Africa managed to make only 189 runs thereby to lose the match by an inning and 137 runs. India now leads three-match Test series by 2-0. This was Virat Kohli 50th Test as Indian skipper and he has now won 30 games for India by his captaincy.

Top 5 Successful Captain in Terms of Winning Percentage 

Captain Played Won Lost Drawn Tied Win%
Steve Waugh (Australia) 57 41 9 7 0 71.92%
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 77 48 16 13 0 62.33%
Virat Kohli (India) 50 30 10 10 0 60.00%
Clive Lloyd (West Indies) 74 36 12 26 0 48.64%
Graeme Smith (South Africa) 109 53 29 27 0 48.62%

From the above table, we can see Virat Kohli is close to surpassing Ricky Ponting win percentage of 62.33. India also dominates the ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 point table with 200 points. Virat Kohli will now look forward to helped India clean sweep South Africa in the 3 match series when they will play the visitor in the 3rd Test at Ranch which will begin on Oct 19, 2019.

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