India captain Virat Kohli on Friday leapfrogged former India Test captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3454 runs) to become the leading run-scorer in Tests as captain. Kohli achieved this feat during the third and final Test match against South Africa at the Wanderers.
Kohli played a decisive 41 off 79 balls on day three of the Test as he kept defying the South Africa pace battery with his beautiful skill set. While doing so Kohli also surpassed former India Test captains Sunil Gavaskar (3449), Mohammad Azharuddin (2856) and Sourav Ganguly (2561).
Kohli scored 3456 runs to top the list. So far, Kohli has 5554 runs from 66 matches so far, having scored 2062 runs from 19 Tests in India and 1394 runs from 16 games on tour as captain.
Following the Test series, India will face the Faf du Plessis-led team for a six-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting February 1.
