IND vs WI: Rohit Sharma Leapfrogs Sachin Tendulkar To Elite Test Captaincy Record

Rohit Sharma has surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s Test captaincy record by bagging his fifth win in 8 Test matches as captain. India won the first test by an innings and 141 runs as the Men in Blue dominated proceedings in Dominica. Rohit scored his 10th Test ton and played his part in shaping up Inda’s win.

With the Tets win, Rohit Sharma surpassed Sachin Tendulkar‘s tally of four Test wins as captain in 25 Test matches Rohit now has five wins from 8 Test matches. After losing the WTC final against Australia, Rohit was quick to get back into winning ways against the hapless Windies side in the first Test.

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He scored 103 with the bat and added a 229-run stand with his fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal who was playing his debut Test match. He scored 171 and broke several records in the process.

Among the other Indian Test captains, Virat Kohli leads the list with 40 wins in 68 Test matches as captain. MS Dhoni follows him with 27 wins from 60 matches, and Sourav Ganguly is the next best with 21 wins from 49 matches. He is followed by Mohammad Azhauddin with 14 wins from 47 games.

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Rohit was named as India’s test captain after Virat Kohli stepped down as captain from the format. His first Test series as captain was against Sri Lanka in February 2022. India won the Border-Gavaskar series at home under him in 2023 but went on to lose the WTC final in June against Australia.

We Bowled Really Well- Rohit Sharma

The WTC final loss was a big loss in his short captaincy span in Tets matches. After beating West Indies in Dominica, he praised his players’ clinical performance.

“I would like to start by saying it was a great effort with the ball. Getting them out for 150 set the game for us. We knew batting would get tough, it wasn’t easy to score runs. We knew we wanted to bat only once and bat long. Get over 400 runs and then we came out and bowled really well” said Rohit at the post-match press presentation.

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