Indian_national_cricket_captains
This is the list of captains of Indian cricket team who have lead the team in at least one international cricket match. A captain is the appointed leader of the team, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players. As in other sports, the captain is usually experienced and has good communication skills and is likely to be one of the most regular members of the team, as the captain is responsible for the team selection. Before the starting of the game in cricket, the captains toss which decides which team will bat first. During the match the captain decides the team's batting order, who will bowl each over, and where each fielder will be positioned.[1][2]
Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by the English in the 17th and 18th centuries.[3] Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India.[4] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council.[5][6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams.
On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's.[7] Nayudu led India in the first international cricket match held in India on 15 December 1933 when Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only match during England's tour of India.[8][9] Vijay Hazare led India to its first win in fifth test of home series against England on 10 February 1952 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.[10][11] Ajit Wadekar led India in its first ever ODI on 13 July 1974 at Leeds against England.[12] On 1 December 2006, Virender Sehwag captained India in its first T20 International against South Africa at Johannesberg.[13]
Shantha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first women's test match against West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore on 31 October 1976.[14] Diana Edulji led India in its first WODI during the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup against England on 1 January 1978 at Eden Gardens in Calcutta.[15] Mithali Raj captained India in the first WT20I on 5 August 2006 against England at Derby.[16]
Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain for the first youth test for India U-19 team against Pakistan U-19 which began on 20 January 1979 at Wankhede Stadium in Bombay while Ravi Shastri captained India U-19 in the first youth ODI in 1981 against England U-19.[17][18]
Harmanpreet Kaur is current captain of the women's team and Rohit Sharma is current captain of men's team in all formats.
Test
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Test match. A dagger (†) indicates that the player captained at least one Test in the series as a stand-in for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a proportion in a series.
36 players have captained India in men's test matches, of which Virat Kohli is the most successful with 40 wins.
Last updated:18 February 2024[19]
| Indian Test match captains[20] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Image | Name | Season | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn/Tied | Win % |
| 1 |  |
C. K. Nayudu | 1932 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1933–34 | England | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||
| 2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1936 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||
| 3 |  |
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi | 1946 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |||||
| 4 |  |
Lala Amarnath | 1947–48 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1948–49 | West Indies | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 1952–53 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13.33 | |||||
| 5 |  |
Vijay Hazare | 1951–52 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1952 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1952–53 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7.14 | |||||
| 6 |  |
Vinoo Mankad | 1954–55 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1958–59† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | |||||
| 7 |  |
Ghulam Ahmed | 1955–56† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1958–59 | West Indies | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||
| 8 | |
Polly Umrigar | 1955–56 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1956–57 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1958–59† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.00 | |||||
| 9 | |
Hemu Adhikari | 1958–59† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||
| 10 | |
Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| 11 | |
Pankaj Roy | 1959† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| 12 | |
Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959–60 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00 | |||||
| 13 | |
Nari Contractor | 1960–61 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1961–62 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1961–62† | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16.67 | |||||
| 14 | |
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | 1961–62 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1963–64 | England | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1964–65 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1964–65 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1966–67 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1967 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1967–68 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1967–68 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1969–70 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1969–70 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1974–75 | West Indies | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 22.50 | |||||
| 15 | |
Chandu Borde | 1967–68† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| 16 | |
Ajit Wadekar | 1970–71 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1971 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1972–73 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1974 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25.00 | |||||
| 17 | |
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 1974–75† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1979 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | |||||
| 18 |  |
Sunil Gavaskar | 1975–76† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978–79 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1979–80 | Australia | India | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1979–80 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1980–81 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1980–81 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1981–82 | England | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1982 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1982–83 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1982–83 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1984–85 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1984–85 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 19.14 | |||||
| 19 | |
Bishan Singh Bedi | 1975–76 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1975–76 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1976–77 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1976–77 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1977–78 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1978–79 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27.27 | |||||
| 20 | |
Gundappa Viswanath | 1979–80† | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1979–80 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||
| 21 |  |
Kapil Dev | 1982–83 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1983–84 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1983–84 | West Indies | India | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1985 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1985–86 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1986 | England | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1986–87 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1986–87 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1986–87 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 11.76 | |||||
| 22 |  |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987–88 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1988–89 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1988–89 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20.00 | |||||
| 23 |  |
Ravi Shastri | 1987–88† | West Indies | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||||
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Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989–90 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |||||
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Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989–90 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1990–91 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1991–92 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1992–93 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1992–93 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 1992–93 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1992–93 | Zimbabwe | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1993–94 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1993–94 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1994–95 | West Indies | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1995–96 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1996 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1998–99 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 29.79 | |||||
| 26 |  |
Sachin Tendulkar | 1996–97 | Australia | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | South Africa | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1996–97 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1996–97 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 1997 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | South Africa | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16.00 | |||||
| 27 |  |
Sourav Ganguly | 2000–01 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2000–01 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2001 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2001 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2001–02 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2001–02 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2001–02 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2002 | England | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2002–03 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2002–03 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2003–04 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2003–04 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2003–04 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2004–05 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2004–05 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 42.86 | |||||
| 28 |  |
Rahul Dravid | 2003–04† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003–04† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2004–05† | Australia | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2005–06 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2005–06 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2006–07 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2007 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32.00 | |||||
| 29 |  |
Virender Sehwag | 2005–06† | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2010† | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |||||
| 30 |  |
Anil Kumble | 2007 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007–08 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 | South Africa | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.42 | |||||
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2008† | South Africa | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008† | Australia | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | England | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2009 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2009 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Australia | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2011 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | New Zealand | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | England | India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Australia | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | West Indies | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | England | England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 45.00 | |||||
| 32 |  |
Virat Kohli | 2014–15† | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | South Africa | India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | England | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Bangladesh | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | England | England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | West Indies | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2019 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | South Africa | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Bangladesh | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | England | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | New Zealand | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | England | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 58.82 | |||||
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Ajinkya Rahane | 2017† | Australia | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Afghanistan | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21† | Australia | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2021† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 | |||||
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KL Rahul | 2021–22† | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | |||||
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Rohit Sharma | 2022 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Australia | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | Australia | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | England | India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 62.50 | |||||
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Jasprit Bumrah | 2022† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total | 579 | 178 | 178 | 223 | 30.74 | |||||
ODI
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one ODI. 27 players have captained the Indian men's team in ODIs of which MS Dhoni is the most successful captain of men's cricket team with 110 wins. Kapil Dev captained India to win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the first ever ICC trophy and later, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.[21][22]
Last updated:21 December 2023[23]
| Number | Image | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Ajit Wadekar | 1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | |
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 1975–79 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
| 3 | |
Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975–78 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 4 | |
Sunil Gavaskar | 1980–85 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 37.83 |
| 5 | |
Gundappa Viswanath | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | |
Kapil Dev | 1982–92 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 52.70 |
| 7 |  |
Syed Kirmani | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 |  |
Mohinder Amarnath | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 9 |  |
Ravi Shastri | 1986–91 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| 10 | |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987–88 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| 11 | |
Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30.76 |
| 12 | |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989–99 | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 51.72 |
| 13 | |
Sachin Tendulkar | 1996–99 | 73 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 31.50 |
| 14 |  |
Ajay Jadeja | 1998–99 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 |
| 15 |  |
Sourav Ganguly | 1999–2005 | 146 | 76 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 52.05 |
| 16 | |
Rahul Dravid | 2000–07 | 79 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 53.16 |
| 17 | |
Anil Kumble | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 18 | |
Virender Sehwag | 2003–2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
| 19 |  |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–18 | 200 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 55.00 |
| 20 |  |
Suresh Raina | 2010-2014 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 50.50 |
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Gautam Gambhir | 2010–11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 22 |  |
Virat Kohli | 2013–21 | 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 68.42 |
| 23 | |
Ajinkya Rahane | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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Rohit Sharma | 2017–present | 45 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 75.55 |
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Shikhar Dhawan | 2021–22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 58.33 |
| 26 | |
KL Rahul | 2022–23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
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Hardik Pandya | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Total | 1055 | 559 | 443 | 9 | 44 | 52.98 | |||
T20I
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. 13 players have captained India in men's T20Is, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are the most successful with 41 wins each. India won the 2007 World T20, the inaugural T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.[24][25]
Last updated:17 January 2024[26]
| Number | Image | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Virender Sehwag | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 2 | |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–16 | 72 | 41 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 56.94 |
| 3 |  |
Suresh Raina | 2010–11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 4 | |
Ajinkya Rahane | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 5 | |
Virat Kohli | 2017–21 | 50 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 66.67 |
| 6 | |
Rohit Sharma | 2017–present | 54 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.92 |
| 7 | |
Shikhar Dhawan | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
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Rishabh Pant | 2022 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| 9 | |
Hardik Pandya | 2022–23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65.52 |
| 10 | |
KL Rahul | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 11 |  |
Jasprit Bumrah | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 12 | |
Ruturaj Gaikwad | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 |
| 13 |  |
Suryakumar Yadav | 2023 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Total | 219 | 140 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 63.92 | |||
WTest
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. Mithali Raj is the most successful test captain of Indian women's cricket team with three wins.
Last updated:19 December 2023[27]
| Number | Image | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1976-84 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8.33 | |
| 2 | Nilima Jogalekar | 1984-85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| 3 | Diana Edulji | 1985-86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986-91 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| 5 | Sandhya Agarwal | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 6 | Purnima Rau | 1995 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| 7 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| 8 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| 9 | Anjum Chopra | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | |
| 10 | Mamatha Maben | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| 11 | Mithali Raj | 2005-21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.50 | |
| 12 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 40 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 17.15 | |||
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WODI
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. Mithali Raj is the most successful WODI captain of Indian women's cricket team with 89 wins.
Last updated:19 December 2023[28]
| Number | Image | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tie | No Result | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diana Edulji | 1978-93 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| 2 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1982-84 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| 3 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | Purnima Rau | 1995 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| 5 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995-97 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| 6 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| 7 | Anju Jain | 2000 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| 8 | Anjum Chopra | 2002-12 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 35.71 | |
| 9 | Mamatha Maben | 2003-04 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 73.68 | |
| 10 | Mithali Raj | 2004-22 | 155 | 89 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 57.41 | |
| 11 | Jhulan Goswami | 2008-11 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 | |
| 12 | Rumeli Dhar | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 13 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2013–Present | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| Total | 307 | 165 | 136 | 2 | 4 | 53.75 | |||
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WT20I
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. Harmanpreet Kaur is the most successful WT20I captain of Indian women's cricket team with 54 wins.
Last updated:19 December 2023[29]
| Number | Image | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mithali Raj | 2006–16 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.12 | |
| 2 | Jhulan Goswami | 2008–15 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| 3 | Anjum Chopra | 2012 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| 4 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2012–present | 106 | 59 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 58.33 | |
| 5 | Smriti Mandhana | 2019–23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 58.33 | |
| Total | 179 | 94 | 79 | 1 | 5 | 52.51 | |||
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Youth test
This is a list of cricketers whose have captained the Indian Men's Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. Four men, Srikkanth, Shastri, Dravid and Kohli have gone on to captain the senior side.
Last updated:2019
| S.No. | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Vedraj Chauhan | 1978 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ravi Shastri | 1981 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Saba Karim | 1984 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Anju Mudkavi | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Amikar Dayal | 1986 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Janardhanan Ramdas | 1988 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ranjib Biswal | 1989 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Rahul Dravid | 1991 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Manoj Joglekar | 1992 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Sridharan Sriram | 1993 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Amit Sharma | 1994 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Kiran Powar | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Sanjay Raul | 1995 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ajit Agarkar | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jyoti Yadav | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Reetinder Singh Sodhi | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ajay Ratra | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Manvinder Bisla | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Ambati Rayudu | 2004/5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tanmay Srivastava | 2006-07 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Piyush Chawla | 2006-07 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Virat Kohli | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Ashok Menaria | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Vijay Zol | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Jonty Sidhu | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Himanshu Rana | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Anuj Rawat | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Suraj Ahuja | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 77 | 26 | 12 | 39 | ||
Youth ODI
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's U-19 cricket team for at least one youth ODI.
Last updated:December 2023[30]
| S.No. | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravi Shastri | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Saba Karim | 1985 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Anju Mudkavi | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Amikar Dayal | 1986 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 5 | M. Senthilnathan | 1988 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| 6 | Arjan Kripal Singh | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Ranjib Biswal | 1989-90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 8 | Rahul Dravid | 1992 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 9 | Manoj Joglekar | 1993 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 10 | Amit Sharma | 1994 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| 11 | Kiran Powar | 1995 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 12 | Sanjay Raul | 1996 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 13 | Jyoti Yadav | 1997-98 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 14 | Amit Pagnis | 1997 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 15 | Reetinder Singh Sodhi | 1999 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 16 | Mohammad Kaif | 1999-00 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| 17 | Ajay Ratra | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 18 | Parthiv Patel | 2002 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| 19 | Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao | 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 20 | Ambati Rayudu | 2003-04 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 21 | Dinesh Karthik | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Manoj Tiwary | 2005 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 23 | Ravikant Shukla | 2005-06 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.23 |
| 24 | Tanmay Srivastava | 2006-07 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 25 | Piyush Chawla | 2006-07 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.66 |
| 26 | Ravindra Jadeja | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 27 | Virat Kohli | 2008 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 28 | Ashok Menaria | 2009-10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 29 | Unmukt Chand | 2011-12 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73.80 |
| 30 | Vijay Zol | 2013-14 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.71 |
| 31 | Sanju Samson | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 32 | Ricky Bhui | 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 33 | Virat Singh | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 34 | Rishabh Pant | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 35 | Ishan Kishan | 2015 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 |
| 36 | Abhishek Sharma | 2016 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 |
| 37 | Himanshu Rana | 2017 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 38 | Prithvi Shaw | 2018 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 39 | Aryan Juyal | 2018 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| 40 | Pawan Shah | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 41 | Prab Simran Singh | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 42 | Priyam Garg | 2019 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 43 | Dhruv Jurel | 2019 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 44 | Shubhang Hedge | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
| 45 | Yash Dhull | 2021-22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 |
| 46 | Nishant Sindhu | 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 47 | Uday Saharan | 2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Total | 276 | 211 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 76.44 | ||
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