India captain Rohit Sharma became the first captain to defeat England under head coach Brendon McCullum's tenure as the hosts defeated the Ben Stokes-led side by five wickets in Ranchi to seal a five-match series 3-1 on Monday.
India made an exceptional comeback in the series after losing the opening match in Hyderabad by 28 runs. The home side banking on youngsters, in the absence of senior fellows, won three consecutive encounters to clinch the series with the final match to be played in Dharamsala from March 7.
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With a hat-trick of Test wins in India, Rohit has surpassed head coach Rahul Dravid to become the joint-fifth-most successful Indian Test captain. Rohit guided his team to the ninth Test victory in 15 matches to draw with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (nine wins in 40 Tests) and Sunil Gavaskar (nine wins in 47 Tests) in the list.
Dravid holds eight Test wins in 25 matches as India captain. Star batter Virat Kohli remains India's most successful Test captain in history with 40 wins in 68 matches. Kohli had surpassed MS Dhoni in the list, who sealed 27 Test wins in 60 matches for the country. Sourav Ganguly is placed at third spot with 21 wins in 49 Tests followed by Mohamad Azharuddin's 14 wins in 47 Tests.
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Rohit has the chance to overtake two legends in the match Test and become the fifth-most successful Test captain for India with 10 wins.
Rohit also equalled MS Dhoni's Test captaincy record against England with three red-ball wins against them. Former captains Azharuddin and Ajit Wadekar also hold three Test wins against England. Kohli is the front-runner in the list with a record 10 Test wins against England under his captaincy stint.