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Virat Kohli Goes Past MS Dhoni To Lead India In Record 61 Tests

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As Virat Kohli walked out for toss with New Zealand's Kane Williamson at The Ageas Bowl in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, he surpassed MS Dhoni's record of leading the Indian team in most Test matches. World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand is the 61st match for Kohli as India's captain in the longest format of the game, now a record.

Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014 after captaining India in 60 matches. Kohli is also the longest-serving Test captain for any Asian country with Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga and Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq behind him as they captained their respective teams in 56 Test matches each.

South Africa's Graeme Smith is the longest-serving captain in the history of Test cricket as he captained Proteas in a record 109 matches. He is the only player to have played more than 100 Tests as captain and Australia's Allan Border is second with 93 Tests as captain.