India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926. On 25 June 1932 it became the sixth Test nation after England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand. The Indian team was first led by C. K. Nayudu against England at the Lord's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches & drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947–48 when Indians led by Lala Amarnath played against Sir Donald Bradman's Australia.
Santha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first test match in 1976 against West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Diana Edulji was the first Women's One Day International captain in 1978 against England at Eden Gardens. Mithali Raj became the first WT20I captain in 2006 against England at Derby.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth became the first Test captain for the U-19 team in 1978–79 against Pakistan, while Ravi Shastri was the first One Day International captain for the U-19 team in 1981.
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputized for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
A total of 36 players have captained India in test matches, of which Virat Kohli is the most successful with 40 wins.
The table of results is complete up to the fifth Test against England in 2022.
Indian Test match captains[1] | ||||||||||
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Number | Image | Name | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | 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[2] | ||||
1986–87 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
1986–87 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23[2] | 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 | 20.0 | |||||
23 | ![]() |
Ravi Shastri | 1987–88† | West Indies | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||||
24 | ![]() |
Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989–90 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |||||
25 | ![]() |
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[3] | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
1998–99[3] | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19[4][5][6][7] | 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 | |||||
31 | ![]() |
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 | |||||
33 | ![]() |
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 | 66.66 | |||||
34 | ![]() |
KL Rahul | 2021–22† | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
35 | ![]() |
Rohit Sharma | ||||||||
2022 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||||
36 | ![]() |
Jasprit Bumrah | 2022† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
Total (1932–2022)' | 563 | 168 | 174 | 221[2] | 29.84 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International. A total of 26 players have captained India in One Day Internationals, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful with 110 wins.
India One Day International captains[8] | |||||||||
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Number | Image | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[9] |
1 | Ajit Wadekar | 1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
2 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 1975–1979 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
3 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975–1978 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
4 | ![]() | Sunil Gavaskar | 1980–1985 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 40.00 |
5 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
6 | ![]() | Kapil Dev | 1982–1992 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 54.16 |
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 | 1986–1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
10 | ![]() | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987–1988 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
11 | ![]() | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
12 | ![]() | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989–1999 | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 53.57 |
13 | ![]() | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996–1999 | 73 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 35.07 |
14 | ![]() | Ajay Jadeja | 1998–1999 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 |
15 | ![]() | Sourav Ganguly | 1999–2005 | 146[10] | 76 | 65[10] | 0 | 5 | 53.90 |
16 | ![]() | Rahul Dravid | 2000–2007 | 79 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 56.00 |
17 | ![]() | Anil Kumble | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
18 | ![]() | Virender Sehwag | 2003–2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
19 | ![]() | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–2018 | 200 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 59.52 |
20 | ![]() | Suresh Raina | 2010 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 54.54 |
21 | ![]() | Gautam Gambhir | 2010-2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
22 | ![]() | Virat Kohli | 2013–2021 | 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 68.42 |
23 | ![]() | Ajinkya Rahane | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
24 | ![]() | Rohit Sharma | 2017–present | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81.25 |
25 | ![]() | Shikhar Dhawan | 2021-2022 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
26 | ![]() | KL Rahul | 2022 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Grand total | 1014 | 531 | 433 | 9 | 41 | 52.36 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. A total of ten players have captained India in T20Is, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is most successful captain, with 41 wins.
India Twenty20 International captains[11] | |||||||||
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Number | Image | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[9] |
1 | ![]() | Virender Sehwag | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
2 | ![]() | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–2016 | 72 | 41 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 58.33 |
3 | ![]() | Suresh Raina | 2010–2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
4 | ![]() | Ajinkya Rahane | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
5 | ![]() | Virat Kohli | 2017–2021 | 50 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 60.00 |
6 | ![]() | Rohit Sharma | 2017–present | 45 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
7 | ![]() | Shikhar Dhawan | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
8 | Rishabh Pant | 2022 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
9 | ![]() | Hardik Pandya | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
10 | ![]() |
KL Rahul | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Grand total | 185 | 118 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 63.78 |
Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which she captained at least one Test, it denotes that the player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series.
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 with 3 wins.
The table of results is updated as 6 October 2021.
Indian women's Test match captains | |||||||||
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Number | Image | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
1 | ![]() |
Shantha Rangaswamy | 1976/7 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1976/7 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1976/7 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1983/4 | Australia | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
2 | Nilima Jogalekar | 1984/1985† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
3 | Diana Edulji | 1984/5 | New Zealand | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1986 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
4 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1990/1 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
5 | Sandhya Agarwal | 1990/1† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
6 | Purnima Rau | 1994/5 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1995/6 | England | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
7 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995/6† | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
8 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Anjum Chopra | 2001/2 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2001/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2002 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
10 | Mamatha Maben | 2003/4 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
11 | ![]() |
Mithali Raj | 2005/6 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2005/6 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2006 | England | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
2014 | England | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2014 | South Africa | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
2021 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Grand total | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The World Cup Final appearance against Australia in 2004/5 represents India's best performance in a Women's World Cup. Mithali Raj is the most successful with 89 wins.
Indian Women's One Day International captains[12] | |||||||||
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Number | Image | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[9] |
1 | Diana Edulji | 1978–1993 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0[13] | 38.88 | |
2 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1982–1984 | 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[14] | 62.50 | |
5 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995–1997 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1[15] | 0[16] | 78.57 | |
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 | 2002–2012 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1[17] | 37.03 |
9 | Mamatha Maben | 2003–2004 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 73.68 | |
10 | ![]() | Mithali Raj | 2003–2022 | 155 | 89 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 58.55 |
11 | ![]() | Jhulan Goswami | 2008–2011 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 |
12 | ![]() | Rumeli Dhar | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
13 | ![]() | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2013–Present | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.91 |
Total | 301 | 164 | 132 | 1 | 4 | 54.48 |
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 with 48 wins.
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Number | Image | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[9] |
1 | ![]() | Mithali Raj | 2006–2016 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.12 |
2 | ![]() | Jhulan Goswami | 2008–2015 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
3 | ![]() | Anjum Chopra | 2012 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
4 | ![]() | Harmanpreet Kaur | 2012–present | 82 | 49 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 62.02 |
5 | ![]() | Smriti Mandhana | 2019-2021 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Total | 152 | 82 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 53.94 |
This is a list of cricketers whose have captained the Indian Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The very nature of Under-19 cricket means that in practice no youth captains the side for more than one year. Four men, Srikkanth, Shastri, Dravid and Virat have gone on to captain the senior side.
The table of results is complete as of August 2014.
bold mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test or One Day International match).
Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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1 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1978/9† | Pakistan | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Vedraj Chauhan | 1978/9 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Ravi Shastri | 1981 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Saba Karim | 1984/5 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Anju Mudkavi | 1984/5† | Australia | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Amikar Dayal | 1986/7 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
7 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | 1987/8 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Janardhanan Ramdas | 1988/9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Ranjib Biswal | 1989/90 | Pakistan | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Rahul Dravid | 1991/2 | New Zealand | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Manoj Joglekar | 1992/3 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Sridharan Sriram | 1993/4 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Amit Sharma | 1994 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Kiran Powar | 1994/5 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
15 | Sanjay Raul | 1995/6 | South Africa | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Ajit Agarkar | 1996/7† | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Jyoti Yadav | 1996/7 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Reetinder Singh Sodhi | 1998/9 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Ajay Ratra | 2003/4 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Manvinder Bisla | 2002† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao | 2002 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Ambati Rayudu | 2004/5 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Tanmay Srivastava | 2006 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
24 | Piyush Chawla | 2006 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
25 | Virat Kohli | 2008 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
26 | Ashok Menaria | 2009 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
27 | Vijay Zol | 2014 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Jonty Sidhu | 2017 | England | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
29 | Himanshu Rana | 2017 | England | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Anuj Rawat | 2018 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Suraj Ahuja | 2019 | South Africa | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 77 | 26 | 12 | 39 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian U-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. India's first great success in Under-19 One Day International cricket was in 1999/2000, when they won the Under-19 World Cup under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif. The feat was repeated in 2008/9 and 2012 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Unmukt Chand. Again in 2018 India won the U-19 World Cup under the captaincy of Prithvi Shaw.
The table of results is complete as of 10 February 2022.
bold mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test, One Day International or T20 match).
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[9] |
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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 | 1997/8 | 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 Gnaneshwar 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 |
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