End of an era in the history of Indian Test cricket: Virat Kohli announced his retirement formally, leaving his fans across the planet despondent. A Test career that expanded for almost 14 years comes to an end suddenly. Earlier, after winning the 2024 ICC T20I World Cup, he walked away from T20Is and now from Test, now making him available only for ODIs.

Without the legendary figures, BCCI now has to shape the team with a new look, mainly with young players. The numbers Virat Kohli has produced in the longest format of the game speak about his commanding career throughout the years. People mainly talk about his batting skills and ability to chase targets compared with his leadership qualities.

Under Virat's leadership, Team India achieved significant growth in overseas Test matches and became the number 1 team in the rankings. He led India in the format from 2014 to 2022, with 40 wins in 68 matches, with multiple individual records. 

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Virat Kohli's 10 best Test cricket records:

1) Most Successful Indian Captain: Kohli is the most successful Indian captain in Test cricket with 40 wins in 68 matches. His aggressive approach in the field helped the team to get much-needed confidence during the overseas and home series. During his captaincy tenure, the team suffered 17 defeats, boasting a loss rate of only 25%.

2) First Indian Captain to Win a Test Series in Australia: Kohli led India to a 2-1 historic victory over Australia in the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is considered to be one of the most significant chapters of Indian cricket history. Virat Kohli was the third leading run getter of the series with 282. 

3) First Indian Captain to Register Twin Tons on Captaincy Debut: Kohli scored 115 and 141 in the first and second innings, respectively, during his captaincy debut against Australia in 2014.

4) Fastest Indian to Score 25 Test Tons: Kohli became the fastest Indian to register 25 tons in Test cricket in his 127th innings, leaving legendary Sachin Tendulkar (130 innings) and Sunil Gavaskar (138 innings) behind. 

5) Most Double Hundreds as Test Captain: Kohli hit seven double hundreds in Test matches as a captain, fifth overall. Kohli's best years in Test cricket were marked during the 2014-15 Australia tour, when he amassed 692 runs in the series at an average of 86.50, including four hundreds. His destructive form continued and resulted in 21 of his 30 centuries from just 90 innings.

6) Most Consecutive Test Series Wins as Captain: Kohli won nine consecutive series as captain, equalling Ricky Ponting's record. India's victory march ignited under his leadership against Sri Lanka in 2015, followed by victories against South Africa (home), West Indies in 2016 (away), New Zealand in 2017 (home), England (home), Australia (home), Bangladesh (home), and Sri Lanka (away).

7) Longest Unbeaten Streak as Captain: Under Kohli, India recorded their longest unbeaten streak of 18 Test matches.

8) Fastest to 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000, and 12000 Runs: Kohli contains the record for being the fastest batsman to reach the above-mentioned milestones in Test cricket.

9) Fourth-Highest Run-Getter for India: Kohli has scored 9,230 runs in 123 Tests, ranking fourth behind Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Gavaskar.

10) Most Test Matches Played as Captain: Kohli led India in 68 Test matches, surpassing MS Dhoni's record of 60.