On Thursday, India skipper Virat Kohli added another feather to his cap when he turned out for the toss on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Pune. For Kohli, it is his 50th excursion as captain of a group in the longest format. He outperformed Ganguly, who captained India in 49 Tests. He likewise joined the previous captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the main two players to lead India in at least 50 Tests.

India leg spinner chose to have a fabulous time in his complimentary tweet for the captain. Recognizing his gigantic accomplishment, Chahal kidded that he is only a couple of Test matches from equalling his record.

"Congrats bhaiya! Only 50 more test matches than me," he wrote.

Chahal's tweet left Twitterati in parts as they lauded the bowler for his sense of humour.

Kohli additionally played a decent inning with the bat on Day 1 of the first Test, as he proceeded to make an unbeaten 63 to take India's aggregate to 273/3 at stumps. Mayank Agarwal featured for India, scoring his second Test ton after coming down to open the innings. Cheteshwar Pujara additionally scored 50 years, before he was expelled by Kagiso Rabada.