India won the Ranchi Test against South Africa by an innings and 202 runs to provide India’s ninth win under the captaincy of V Kohli. V Kohli now owns the record for scripting most innings victories for India. He went past M Azharuddin under whose captaincy India had scripted eight innings victories. The following table lists India’s innings victories under these two captains.
Captain No Team Won Margin Opposition Ground Start Dae
V Kohli 1 India won inns & 092 runs v West Indies North Sound 21 Jul 2016
V Kohli 2 India won inns & 036 runs v England Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
V Kohli 3 India won inns & 075 runs v England Chennai 16 Dec 2016
V Kohli 4 India won inns & 053 runs v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 03 Aug 2017
V Kohli 5 India won inns & 171 runs v Sri Lanka Pallekele 12 Aug 2017
V Kohli 6 India won inns & 239 runs v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
V Kohli 7 India won inns & 272 runs v West Indies Rajkot 04 Oct 2018
V Kohli 8 India won inns & 137 runs v South Africa Pune 10 Oct 2019
V Kohli 9 India won inns & 202 runs v South Africa Ranchi 19 Oct 2019
Captain No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
M Azharuddin 1 India won inns & 008 runs v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990
M Azharuddin 2 India won inns & 022 runs v England Chennai 11 Feb 1993
M Azharuddin 3 India won inns & 015 runs v England Mumbai 19 Feb 1993
M Azharuddin 4 India won inns & 013 runs v Zimbabwe Delhi 13 Mar 1993
M Azharuddin 5 India won inns & 119 runs v Sri Lanka Lucknow 18 Jan 1994
M Azharuddin 6 India won inns & 095 runs v Sri Lanka Bengaluru 26 Jan 1994
M Azharuddin 7 India Won inns & 017 runs v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 08 Feb 1994
M Azharuddin 8 India won inns & 219 runs v Australia Kolkata 18 Mar 1998.
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