Most Test Wins in SENA by Asian Captains

Most SENA Test Wins as Asian Captains

Captain	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Win%
Virat Kohli	India	24	7	14	3	29.17
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	12	4	5	3	33.33
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	10	4	5	1	40.00
MS Dhoni	India	23	3	14	6	13.04
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	13	3	9	1	23.07
Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	8	3	2	3	37.50
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi	India	10	3	7	0	30.00
Bishan Singh Bedi	India	7	2	4	1	28.57
Rahul Dravid	India	6	2	2	2	33.33
Sourav Ganguly	India	12	2	5	5	16.67

Note: SENA Countries: South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia

Key Insights

Virat Kohli is the most successful Asian Test captain in the SENA countries. While leading India, Kohli returned with seven victories in 24 SENA Tests.

Overall, 20 captains from Asia have won two or more Tests in SENA nations. Nine of them are from India, the most from an Asian team.

Mominul Haque is the only Bangladesh skipper to win a Test in one of the SENA countries. He led the Bangla Tigers to an eight-wicket win against New Zealand in the 2022 Mount Maunganui Test.

Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, and Arjuna Ranatunga are the three Asian captains to win two Test series each in the SENA combined. Coincidentally, three of them won a series each in England and New Zealand.

Seven Pakistan captains have won a Test series each in New Zealand, the most among Asian skippers in a country.

Dimuth Karunaratne is the only Asian skipper to pull off a Test series triumph in South Africa. He guided Sri Lanka to a 2-0 clean sweep over the Proteas in 2019.

Earlier in 2019, Virat Kohli led India to a series triumph in Australia, the first skipper from Asia to do so.

Read: Virat Kohli Away Test Captaincy Record

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