Virat Kohli is the Test captain of India for the upcoming South Africa series. Even though Virat was sacked as captain of the One Day International (ODI) team and voluntarily relinquished the role in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). The 33-year-old, however, has not been India’s best Test batsman for the past few years.

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BATTING	TEST	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	97	254	95	129
Innings	164	245	87	212
Runs	7801	12169	3227	10050
Balls	13830	13061	2340	17733
Highest	254* v South Africa	183 v Pakistan	94* v West Indies	254* v South Africa
Avg	50.65	59.07	52.04	51.53
SR	56.40	93.17	137.90	56.67
Not Out	10	39	25	17
Fours	872	1140	290	1185
Sixes	23	125	91	38
50s	27	62	29	35
100s	27	43	0	34

After the announcement of Virat Kohli’s removal as ODI captain, he made some “revelations”. During a press conference on Wednesday, Kohli refuted Ganguly’s claim that Kohli was consulted before the captaincy decision was made by the board. He even denied that Ganguly had requested Kohli to continue as T20I captain.

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Ganguly later avoided questions on the matter and said, “I have got nothing to say. We will deal with it, leave it to the BCCI.”

Amid this controversy, Virat Kohli and his Test team departed for their South Africa tour in a chartered plane from Mumbai on Thursday morning.

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