Top 10 overseas ODI knocks by Indian captains in the history of the game

In cricket, we’ve seen that it is the batsman, who is mostly the captain of a team in any format. And we hear a lot of them talking about setting an example (or leading from the front) with the bat.

Indian cricket is blessed that it has seen many captains who were batsmen and led from the front. Right from Ajit Wadekar (India’s first ODI captain), the captains chosen for the ODI team have been batsmen more often than not.

Hence, we look at top 10 ODI knocks by Indian captains away from home. 

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#10 Virat Kohli – 131 vs Sri Lanka (Colombo - 2017)

Virat Kohli was handed full-time ODI captaincy early in 2017 and he started off the year (and his captaincy tenure) with a majestic 122 against England chasing 350. He continued his form through the Champions Trophy and the West Indies tour and scored heavily. He also started the ODI series in Sri Lanka with a fluent unbeaten 82.

However, a couple of single-digit scores followed (which was quite rare in limited-overs cricket for Kohli). Having already won the series, India opted to bat first in the fourth ODI and lost Shikhar Dhawan very early (in the second over). However, it hardly seemed that India had lost an early wicket as skipper Kohli hit his straps early and dominated the Sri Lankan bowling attack right from the start.

Along with Rohit Sharma (102), he set up a brilliant platform for the middle-order. In 96 deliveries, Kohli scored 131 with the help of 17 fours and 2 sixes. The way he played Akila Dananjaya (who wreaked havoc in the previous two games) was brilliant.

This was his 29th ODI ton and it helped India cruise to a big win (by 168 runs). 

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