Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Fri, 04 Mar 2022 04:30 PM IST
Summary
The two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka began in Mohali on Friday (March 4). Veteran batsman Rohit Sharma captained Team India for the first time in Tests. He is the 35th Test captain of India. He got out after scoring 29 runs.
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The two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka began in Mohali on Friday (March 4). The second Test will be played in Bengaluru from March 12. Veteran batsman Rohit Sharma captained Team India for the first time in Tests. He is the 35th Test captain of India. Hitman got his name written in the history of Indian cricket, but could not do anything special in the first innings as a captain. He got out after scoring 29 runs. He could not play big innings.
Virat Kohli scored 147 runs in the first innings for India as captain. At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar scored 116 runs. Sourav Ganguly missed a century and was dismissed for 84 runs against Bangladesh in the year 2000. Rohit could not even reach the 50 mark. The great batsman Sachin Tendulkar also could not show amazing in the first innings like Rohit. He was dismissed in 1996 against Australia after scoring just 10 runs.
10 Indians who have captained the most Tests and their performance in the first innings:
Virat Kohli: Kohli has captained the most matches for India in 68 matches. He scored a century in his first innings as a captain against Australia. In January 2015, Kohli scored 147 off 230 balls at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: After Virat, Dhoni took over the command of Team India in 60 matches. He captained for the first time in the Kanpur Test against South Africa in 2008 after the injury of Anil Kumble. Mahi had scored 32 runs in the first innings as a captain.
Sourav Ganguly: After Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly captained India in 49 matches. He captained the Test for the first time in the year 2000 against Bangladesh in Dhaka. He scored 84 runs in the first innings.
Sunil Gavaskar: After Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin took charge of the team in 47-47 Tests. Gavaskar captained for the first time in 1976 against New Zealand in Auckland in the absence of Bishan Singh Bedi. Then he scored 116 runs in the first innings.
Mohammad Azharuddin: Azharuddin was made the captain of India after Kris Srikkanth. He captained for the first time against New Zealand in 1990 in Christchurch and scored 48 runs in the first innings.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab Pataudi), who captained India in 40 matches, captained the West Indies for the first time in 1962. He took the captaincy due to the injury of regular captain Nari Contractor. In that match played in Bridgetown, Barbados, Pataudi scored 48 runs in the first innings.
Kapil Dev: This former star all-rounder of India had captained the team in 34 Test matches. He captained India for the first time in Test cricket in 1983 against the West Indies. Kapil Dev scored five runs in the first innings of that Test played in Jamaica.
Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar, one of the world’s greatest batsmen, got the chance to captain for the first time against Australia on 10 October 1996 in Delhi. He scored 10 runs in the first innings. Tendulkar had captained the team in 25 matches.
Rahul Dravid: Like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid also captained Team India in 25 matches. He captained India for the first time in 2003 against New Zealand in the absence of Sourav Ganguly. Dravid scored 13 runs in the first innings as a captain.
Bishan Singh Bedi: Left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi captained India in 22 matches. Bedi got the opportunity to captain for the first time in 1976 against New Zealand. He scored 30 runs in the first innings.