India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday surpassed former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting by slamming his 20th hundred as a Test skipper.

Kohli hit his overall 27th hundred during the second Test against Bangladesh, while former South Africa captain Graeme Smith leads the list with 25 tons as skipper to his credit.

This is Kohli's second hundred of this year, having scored two fifties in the eight innings that he has played in 2019.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli on Friday became the fastest to reach 5000 Test runs as captain of a team. Kohli has taken 86 innings to get to the milestone, thus pipping former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting who took 97 innings to get there.

Kohli reached the figure when he took his 32nd run during the Indian innings on Day 1 of their second Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens. It is India's first ever day-night Test match.

India were on cruise mode throughout the first day of the Test. They first dismissed Bangladesh for 106 and then overtook that score in under a single session. Openers Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma were dismissed for 14 and 21 respectively. Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara took India into the lead however with the third wicket stand between the pair now worth more than 64 runs.

Adding on to first days score, India crossed the 275 run mark, with Kohli and Jadeja batting at 123 and 9 respectively.