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Playing basic cricket against ball, the team under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma defeated England 3-1 in the cricket series played at home. On Monday, the Indian team won the series by defeating England by 5 wickets in the fourth test of the five-match series. Taking a lesson from the thrilling defeat in the first Test, the Indian team has taken an unassailable lead of 3-1 by defeating England in the third consecutive Test.
The fifth and last Test match of the series between India and England will be played in Dharamsala from March 7. However, with the victory of the fourth test, captain Rohit Sharma has left behind his own team's head coach and former captain Rahul Dravid. With this win, Rohit Sharma became India's fifth most successful Test captain along with Dravid. Rahul Dravid led India in 25 Test matches and led India to victory in eight. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India has achieved its 9th win in 15 test matches.
These giants were matched:
Rohit Sharma has equaled the records of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar. Pataudi led India to 9 wins in 40 Tests while Gavaskar led India to 9 wins in 47 Tests. Although King Kohli is on top in this matter. The record of India's most successful Test captaincy is in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli has led the team to a spectacular victory in 40 out of 68 test matches.
You will question where is Dhoni? Is Kohli ahead of Dhoni? The answer is yes. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at second place in terms of winning the most tests for India. Under Dhoni's leadership, India won 27 out of 60 tests. In this list of most successful Test cricket captains, Sourav Ganguly is at third place with 21 Test wins out of 49. Then Mohammad Azharuddin has 14 wins in 47 Tests and he is currently in fourth place.
However, now in the fifth Test against England, Rohit Sharma has a great chance to become India's fifth most successful captain. For this, England will have to be defeated in the fifth and last Test to be played in Dharamshala. If the Indian team is successful in defeating England in the fifth Test, then it will be India's 10th victory under the leadership of Rohit Sharma.
Another record in Dhoni's name:
Rohit Sharma has equaled the record of former captain MS Dhoni in a special matter with his spectacular victory in the Ranchi Test. Rohit Sharma has won three consecutive tests against England. The names of Rohit Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajit Wadekar are included in the list of those who have achieved such achievements. In this case also, as Indian captain, only Kohli has won more tests against England than Rohit Sharma, who has registered 10 wins in 18 tests.
