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Virat Kohli breaks record of Sir Donald Bradman And Ricky Ponting in Test Cricket
Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli became the first skipper to score 200 or more runs in a winning cause for seven times
Virat Kohli achieved this record overtaking the two legendary Australian Cricketers - Sir Donald Bradman and Former Australian Captain and World Cup Winner Ricky Ponting.
Donald Bradman and Ricky Ponting have each scored 200 or more runs in a winning cause six times.
Virat Kohli and records are synonymous these days. Almost every time the Indian captain takes the scores, he breaks some records or sets new milestones.
Former Captain Sourav Ganguly had 21 Test wins from 49 Tests, with 22nd Test victories. Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains the most successful Indian captain with 27 wins to his name from 60 Tests.
The top 10 in the list are Don Bradman (961 points), Steven Smith (947), Len Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs (942), Ricky Ponting (942), Peter May (941), Gary Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Vivian Richards and Sangakkara (all 938 points).
Virat Kohli is also just one century behind the legendary Sunil Gavaskar for most hundreds by an India captain.
In Indian captains, only Mahendra Singh Dhoni crossed the 200 score in Winning Cause. He scored 224 runs against Australia in the match being played in Chennai.
For the 10th time, Virat Kohli has scored more than 200 runs while he is a captain, which is a record in itself for any Indian captain. Kohli made history by putting the first century against England in Winning Cause.
Virat Kohli became the first captain who made more than 200 runs in the Winning Cause of the Test match 7 times.
Australia's two great batsmen Don Bradman and Ricky Ponting scored more than 200 runs in a winning match 6 times. Bradman did this against England 4 times and against India 2 times. Ricky Ponting scored 2-2 against Pakistan and South Africa while scoring 200 runs in Winning Cause against West Indies and England once in a row.
