Who was the last captain to lead the indian cricket team to a test series win in england

By Akshay Ramesh: It was never expected to be a long-term plan, was it? Handing Rohit Sharma the reigns of the Indian Test cricket team at 34 was never one of the far-sighted moves from the selection committee and the BCCI top brass. In fact, Virat Kohli's decision to step down as the Test captain in January 2022 left the BCCI surprised. Former BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly, in a recent interview to India Today, conceded that no one expected Kohli's stepping down from Test captaincy. "At that time, Rohit Sharma looked the best alternate. He's won five IPLs. Whenever he had been handed the opportunity to captain, like in the Asia Cup, he won. He was the best option," Ganguly said. Rohit Sharma led India in 7 matches and won 4 of them, managing to inspire the team to a crucial victory at home in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at home. However, the World Test Championship defeat seems to have put his spot as Test captain in danger. The burden of captaincy is another telling factor as Rohit, one of the finest batters India has produced in the modern era, looks to play that much more for the senior national team. Unlike Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma was handed over the captaincy across all formats in the backend of his career and the pressure to deliver was that much more because of it. If India are going to look at identifying fresh faces for the Test team, a start would be to rest the veterans, including Rohit and Virat Kohli, for the Test series against the West Indies in July. W...

Rohit acknowledged the biggest obstacle to a final series is finding the space in an increasingly hectic schedule. "You need to have fair opportunities to both the teams," the 36-year-old said. "In the next cycle, if it is possible, a three-match series would be ideal. "I would love that. But is there a time? That's the big question. It's about finding that window where it can be fit in." • Australia ruthlessly beat India to win title • Cummins targets 'legacy-defining' Ashes win • Download Test Match Special podcast The cricket calendar is already packed, with Test cricket competing against two other formats for space in a schedule that includes a men's ICC event - 50-over World Cup, T20 World Cup or Champions Trophy - every year for the next eight years. Domestic franchise competitions around the world mean players can already play year round, while England Test captain Ben Stokes said it was "unsustainable" to play in all three formats when he announced his retirement from one-day international cricket last summer. However, Rohit believes the nature of Test cricket lends itself to a multi-game series. "In an event like this, you work hard for two years and then you have only one shot at it," he said. "You cannot get into that momentum that you need in Test cricket. "Test cricket is all about finding that rhythm, finding that momentum." Australia captain Pat Cummins says he is happy with the current format and pointed to one-off finals in other sports such as Australian ...

Indian Test captain Rohit Sharma is facing the heat from the critics and fans after the national team failed to win another ICC final. Australia beat India to clinch their maiden ICC World Test Championship 2023 final, a couple of days back. Since 2013, India have failed to win a single ICC tournament. In 2013, under the leadership of MS Dhoni, India had won the ICC Champions Trophy in England. But since then, there has been a drought of trophies. This is despite the fact that India have made it to several finals - ICC Champions Trophy 2017, WTC 2021 Final, WTC 2023 Final respectively. After the loss in WTC 2023 Final, reports of Rohit Sharma getting sacked or quitting Test captaincy are doing the rounds of social media. There are rumours that Rohit himself did not want to take the role of captaincy after Virat Kohli had decided to step down, almost two years ago. However, these remain just rumours with no official from BCCI backing up this statement on record. Rohit Sharma likely to be sacked as Test Captain after West Indies tour. Gill, Rahul and Pant in the race to lead India for the next WTC Cycle. — Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) Rohit Sharma likely to be sacked as Test Captain after West Indies tour. Rahul in the race to lead India for the next WTC Cycle. So, Will Rohit Sharma discontinue as captain? Rohit Sharma has not been either sacked or shown his willingness to quit as Test captain of Team India so far after the loss in the WTC 2023 final. The fact is that ...

"Big achievement, it's a big honour. Playing a Test match was a dream for me and to get an opportunity like this is a big achievement -- among the biggest achievements in my career. So, I am very happy that I have been given this opportunity," Bumrah said while addressing a press conference after his appointment, the video of which BCCI tweeted on Friday. "It's a huge honour to lead Further talking about regular skipper Rohit Sharma, Bumrah said: "Rohit is obviously a very important player, we will surely miss him, it is unfortunate that this has happened and he is missing out." India lead the five-match series 2-1 but now face a much-changed and more formidable England side.

He led the country to its first ever Test series win on Australian soil and was in charge of the team that currently leads England 2-1 in a Test series, the deciding match of which will be played later this year. Under his stewardship India won every home series that it played, toppling the toughest sides in world cricket. Here's his record as Test captain: Matches - 68 Won - 40 Lost - 17 Draw - 11 Here are a few other important statistics and records that he helped establish as India's Test captain: Virat Kohli is the most successful full-time Indian captain in Tests both in terms of number of matches won and in terms of win percentage. Four overseas Test victories in a calendar year: Kohli is the only Indian captain to achieve the feat twice. Incidentally, it was under Kohli's captaincy when India achieved the feat for the first time as well. India won Tests in Brisbane, Lord's, Oval, and Centurion in one year, equalling the feat in 2018 when India began their away win campaign in Johannesburg, Nottingham, Adelaide, and Melbourne. First Asian captain to win at Centurion: Kohli has become the third captain and the first Asian to register a Test win at Centurion, the first two being England's Nasser Hussain in 2000 and Australia's Michael Clarke in 2014. Most Test Wins by Asian Captain in SENA Countries: Centurion win was the seventh under Kohli in 23 Tests (Lost 13 and drawn 3) the most by an Asian Captain in SENA countries. In overseas Tests, Kohli has won 16 out of 36 T...

There is no imminent threat to Rohit Sharma's Test captaincy but the stylish Mumbaikar will need to rake up some significant numbers in West Indies to prevent a question mark over his leadership in the traditional format. Rohit will lead Indian in the two-Test series in the West Indies and then perhaps sit with BCCI and decide on his future in traditional format. If those privy to developments in the Indian team are to be believed, unless Rohit himself decides to stay away from two-Test series against West Indies starting in Dominica from July 12, he will be leading the team. However the BCCI brass and the national selection committee will be under pressure to take a tough call if he fails to notch up at least one big knock either at Dominica or at Port of Spain during the second Test (July 20-24). "These are baseless stuff that Rohit will be removed from captaincy. Yes, whether he will last the whole two-year WTC cycle is a big question as he would be nearly 38 when the third edition ends in 2025," a senior BCCI source in know of things told PTI on conditions of anonymity. "As of now, I believe that Shiv Sunder Das and his colleagues will have to take a call after the two Tests and looking at his batting form." In fact, the BCCI works very differently from other sporting organisations. In Indian board, those in power believe that you don't take decisions when the criticism reaches crescendo. "After West Indies, we have no Tests till December-end when the team travels to S...