Run machine captain of men in blue, Virat Kohli is set to break another record attract for him. The 29-year-old is on the peak of becoming the second most successful Test captain, surpassing the former test captain of India Sourav Ganguly, when Men in Blue hosts Lankans in a three-match series, starting today. Former captain MS Dhoni is the most successful Indian captain with 27 victory from 60 matches and suffer 18 loss, while Ganguly has 21 wins from 49 games. Kohli is in third spot with 19 victory from 29 matches as captain. If India manage to white-wash the visitor nation Lankan’s 3-0, once again, Kohli will overtake Ganguly with 22 wins at the second spot.

Percentage wise, however, Kohli at 65.51%, is the best among Indian captains who have led in 10 or more matches. Considering how Kohli & Co. completed a series whitewash earlier this year, it will not be too assuming to call for another 3-0. Besides, India, under Kohli, have won eight consecutive Test series.

The winning fling started in Lanka, with a 2-1 in 2015. Since then, India have beaten South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, England, Bangladesh, Australia and Sri Lanka.

India (1st and 2nd Tests): Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma

Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (c), Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera, Lahiru Gamage, Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Roshen Silva