The two stars of the Indian Cricket Team are phenomenal in their own ways. Kohli known as the ‘Run Machine’ and Rohit Sharma the ‘Hitman’ of the Indian Cricket Team both performed and lead their side exceptionally well but the captaincy record will favor Rohit although he had yet to captain the side in Test Cricket.
After taking the charge of captaincy in Feb 2022, his stats as a captain are impressive. While captaining the Mumbai Indians in the biggest league of the world IPL, his side won 5 trophies under his captaincy which is the most by any team in Indian Premier League (IPL). Let us have a review of their stats as a captain in all formats of the game,
Test Captaincy Statistics
Rohit Sharma is yet to captain the Team India in the longest format of the game.
| Stat | Rohit Sharma | Virat Kohli |
| Match | – | 65 |
| Wins | – | 38 |
| Loss | – | 16 |
| Draw | – | 11 |
| Win % | – | 58.46 |
ODI Captaincy Statistics
Rohit’s numbers look better than Virat’s although he has only captained in a small
number of matches but his record is good as the win percentage is higher than Virat’s Captaincy.
| Stat | Rohit Sharma | Virat Kohli |
| Match | 10 | 95 |
| Wins | 8 | 65 |
| Losses | 2 | 27 |
| Tied | 0 | 1 |
| No Results | 0 | 2 |
| Win % | 80 | 70.43 |
Captaincy in T20s
Rohit has a wonderful record in the shortest format of the game with the 81% win rate. After seeing these numbers one thing is clear under Sharma’s captaincy India has a better win record in the shorter formats.
| Stat | Rohit Sharma | Virat Kohli |
| Match | 22 | 50 |
| Wins | 18 | 30 |
| Losses | 4 | 16 |
| Tied | 0 | 2 |
| No results | 0 | 2 |
| Win % | 81.81 | 64.58 |
