List of India national cricket captains

The list includes all Indian captains of individual, women's and youth cricket. 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, the West Indies and New Zealand when they took on England at Lord's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches and drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947–48 when they played against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time).

International cricket

Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained @ least one Test, it denotes that the player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a serIndia cricket team captains

ies.

Test match captains

This is the list of the 33 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful Indian test captain with 27 wins.

The table of results is complete as of 14 October 2018.

Indian Test match captains[1]
Number Name YearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1
1932_Indian_Test_Cricket_team.jpg
CK Nayudu 1932EnglandEngland1010
1933/4EnglandIndia3021
Total4031
2 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram1936EnglandEngland3021
Total3021
3 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi1946EnglandEngland3012
Total3012
4 Lala Amarnath 1947/8AustraliaAustralia5041
1948/9West IndiesIndia5014
1952/3PakistanIndia5212
Total15267
5 Vijay Hazare 1951/2EnglandIndia5113
1952EnglandEngland4031
1952/3West IndiesWest Indies5014
Total14158
6 Vinoo Mankad 1954/5PakistanPakistan5005
1958/9†West IndiesIndia1010
Total6015
7 Ghulam Ahmed 1955/6†New ZealandIndia1001
1958/9West IndiesIndia2020
Total3021
8 Polly Umrigar 1955/6New ZealandIndia4202
1956/7AustraliaIndia3021
1958/9†West IndiesIndia1001
Total8224
9 Hemu Adhikari1958/9†West IndianIndia1001
Total1001
10 Datta Gaekwad1959EnglandEngland4040
Total4040
11 Pankaj Roy1959†EnglandEngland1010
Total1010
12 Gulabrai Ramchand1959/60AustraliaIndia5122
Total5122
13 Nari Contractor 1960/1PakistanIndia5005
1961/2EnglandIndia5203
1961/2†West IndiesWest Indies2020
Total12228
14 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 1961/2West IndiesWest Indies3030
1963/4EnglandIndia5005
1964/5AustraliaIndia3111
1964/5New ZealandIndia4103
1966/7West IndiesIndia3021
1967EnglandEngland3030
1967/8AustraliaAustralia3030
1967/8New ZealandNew Zealand4310
1969/70New ZealandIndia3111
1969/70AustraliaIndia5131
1974/5West IndiesIndia4220
Total4091912
15 Chandu Borde1967/8†AustraliaAustralia1010
Total1010
16 Ajit Wadekar 1970/1West IndiesWest Indies5104
1971EnglandEngland3102
1972/3EnglandIndia5212
1974EnglandEngland3030
Total16448
17 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 1974/5†West IndiesIndia1010
1979EnglandEngland4013
Total5023
18 Sunil Gavaskar 1975/6†New ZealandNew Zealand1100
1978/9West IndiesIndia6105
1979/80AustraliaIndia6204
1979/80PakistanIndia5203
1980/1AustraliaAustralia3111
1980/1New ZealandNew Zealand3012
1981/2EnglandIndia6105
1982EnglandEngland3012
1982/3Sri LankaIndia1001
1982/3PakistanPakistan6033
1984/5PakistanPakistan2002
1984/5EnglandIndia5122
Total479830
19 Bishan Singh Bedi 1975/6New ZealandNew Zealand2011
1975/6West IndiesWest Indies4121
1976/7New ZealandIndia3201
1976/7EnglandIndia5131
1977/8AustraliaAustralia5230
1978/9PakistanPakistan3021
Total226115
20 Gundappa Viswanath 1979/80†PakistanIndia1001
1979/1980EnglandIndia1010
Total2011
21 Kapil Dev 1982/3West IndiesWest Indies5023
1983/4PakistanIndia3003
1983/4West IndiesIndia6033
1985Sri LankaSri Lanka3012
1985/6AustraliaAustralia3003
1986EnglandEngland3201
1986/7AustraliaIndia3002[2]
1986/7Sri LankaIndia3201
1986/7PakistanIndia5014
Total344723[2]
22 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987/8West IndiesIndia3012
1988/9New ZealandIndia3210
1988/9West IndiesWest Indies4031
Total10253
23 Ravi Shastri1987/8†West IndiesIndia1100
Total1100
24 Krishnamachari Srikkanth1989/90PakistanPakistan4004
Total4004
25
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Mohammad Azharuddin 1989/90New ZealandNew Zealand3012
1990EnglandEngland3012
1990/1Sri LankaIndia1100
1991/2AustraliaAustralia5041
1992/3ZimbabweZimbabwe1001
1992/3South AfricaSouth Africa4013
1992/3EnglandIndia3300
1992/3ZimbabweIndia1100
1993Sri LankaSri Lanka3102
1993/4Sri LankaIndia3300
1993/4New ZealandNew Zealand1001
1994/5West IndiesIndia3111
1995/6New ZealandIndia3102
1996EnglandEngland3012
1997/8AustraliaIndia3210
1998/9ZimbabweZimbabwe1010
1998/9New ZealandNew Zealand2011
1998/9PakistanIndia2110
1998/9[3]PakistanIndia1010
1998/9[3]Sri LankaSri Lanka1001
Total47141419[4][5][6][7]
26 Sachin Tendulkar 1996/7AustraliaIndia1100
1996/7South AfricaIndia3210
1996/7South AfricaSouth Africa3021
1996/7West IndiesWest Indies5014
1997Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
1997/8Sri LankaIndia3003
1999/2000New ZealandIndia3102
1999/2000AustraliaAustralia3030
1999/2000South AfricaIndia2020
Total254912
27 Sourav Ganguly 2000/1BangladeshBangladesh1100
2000/1ZimbabweIndia2101
2000/1AustraliaIndia3210
2001ZimbabweZimbabwe2110
2001Sri LankaSri Lanka3120
2001/2South AfricaSouth Africa2011
2001/2EnglandIndia3102
2001/2ZimbabweIndia2200
2001/2West IndiesWest Indies5122
2002EnglandEngland4112
2002/3West IndiesIndia3201
2002/3New ZealandNew Zealand2020
2003/4New ZealandIndia1001
2003/4AustraliaAustralia4112
2003/4PakistanPakistan1100
2004/5AustraliaIndia2011
2004/5South AfricaIndia2101
2004/5BangladeshBangladesh2200
2004/5PakistanIndia3111
2005/6ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
Total49211315
28 Rahul Dravid 2003/4†New ZealandIndia1001
2003/4†PakistanPakistan2110
2004/5†AustraliaIndia2110
2005/6Sri LankaIndia2101
2005/6PakistanPakistan3012
2005/6EnglandIndia3111
2005/6West IndiesWest Indies4103
2006/7South AfricaSouth Africa3120
2007BangladeshBangladesh2101
2007EnglandEngland3102
Total258611
29 Virender Sehwag2005/6†Sri LankaIndia1100
2009†New ZealandNew Zealand1001
2010†BangladeshBangladesh1100
2012†AustraliaAustralia1010
Total4211
30 Anil Kumble 2007PakistanIndia3102
2007/8AustraliaAustralia4121
2008South AfricaIndia2011
2008Sri LankaSri Lanka3120
2008AustraliaIndia2002
Total14356
31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2008†South AfricaIndia1100
2008†AustraliaIndia2200
2008EnglandIndia2101
2009New ZealandNew Zealand2101
2009Sri LankaIndia3201
2010BangladeshBangladesh1100
2010South AfricaIndia2110
2010Sri LankaSri Lanka3111
2010AustraliaIndia2200
2010New ZealandIndia3102
2010South AfricaSouth Africa3111
2011West IndiesWest Indies3102
2011EnglandEngland4040
2011West IndiesIndia3201
2011/12AustraliaAustralia3030
2012New ZealandIndia2200
2012/13EnglandIndia4121
2012/13AustraliaIndia4400
2013/14West IndiesIndia2200
2013/14South AfricaSouth Africa2011
2013/14New ZealandNew Zealand2011
2014EnglandEngland5131
2014/15AustraliaAustralia2011
Total60271815
32 Virat Kohli
2014/15†AustraliaAustralia2011
2015BangladeshBangladesh1001
2015Sri LankaSri Lanka3210
2015/16South AfricaIndia4301
2016West IndiesWest Indies4202
2016/17New ZealandIndia3300
2016/17EnglandIndia5401
2017BangladeshIndia1100
2017AustraliaIndia3111
2017Sri LankaSri Lanka3300
2017Sri LankaIndia3102
2018South AfricaSouth Africa3120
2018EnglandEngland5140
2018West IndiesIndia2200
Total422499
33 Ajinkya Rahane
2017†AustraliaIndia1100
2018AfghanistanIndia1100
Total2200
Grand Total (1932-2018)529148164217[2]

One Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International. Total 24 players have captained India in ODIs out of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful captain with 110 wins.

NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[8]
1Ajit Wadekar1974202000.00
2Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan1975–19797160014.28
3Bishen Singh Bedi1975-19784130025.00
4Sunil Gavaskar1980-19853714210240.00
5Gundappa Viswanath1980101000.00
6Kapil Dev1982-19927439330254.16
7Syed Kirmani1983101000.00
8Mohinder Amarnath198410001NA
9Ravi Shastri1986-199111470036.36
10Dilip Vengsarkar1987-1988188100044.44
11Krishnamachari Srikkanth198913480133.33
12Mohammad Azharuddin1989-199917490762653.57
13Sachin Tendulkar1996-19997323431635.07
14Ajay Jadeja1997-199913850061.53
15Sourav Ganguly1999–2005146[9]7665[9]0553.90
16Rahul Dravid2000-20077942330455.00
17Anil Kumble200111000100.00
18Virender Sehwag2003-201112750058.33
19Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–20182001107451155.00
20Suresh Raina201012650154.54
21Gautam Gambhir201066000100.00
22Virat Kohli2013- present4938100177.55
23Ajinkya Rahane201533000100.00
24Rohit Sharma2017-20188710087.50

Twenty-20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International.Only six players captained in T20I for India. From which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is most successful with 42 wins.

NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[8]
1Virender Sehwag 200611000100.00
2Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–2016 7342281259.85
3Suresh Raina201033000100.00
4Ajinkya Rahane20152110050.00
5Virat Kohli2017 - present151050066.66
6Rohit Sharma2017-20189810088.88
Total10365351263.10

Women's cricket

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.

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match.

The table of results is updated as 11 September 2014.

Indian women's Test match captains
NumberNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1 Shantha Rangaswamy 1976/7West IndiesIndia6114
1976/7New ZealandNew Zealand1001
1976/7AustraliaAustralia1010
1983/4AustraliaIndia4004
Total12129
2 Nilima Jogalekar 1984/1985†New ZealandIndia1001
Total1001
3 Diana Edulji 1984/5New ZealandIndia2002
1986EnglandEngland2002
Total4004
4 Shubhangi Kulkarni 1986†EnglandEngland1001
1990/1AustraliaAustralia2011
Total3012
5 Sandhya Agarwal 1990/1†AustraliaAustralia1010
Total1010
6 Purnima Rau 1994/5New ZealandNew Zealand1001
1995/6EnglandIndia2011
Total3012
7 Pramila Bhatt 1995/6†EnglandIndia1001
Total1001
8 Chanderkanta Kaul 1999EnglandEngland1001
Total1001
9 Anjum Chopra 2001/2EnglandIndia1001
2001/2South AfricaSouth Africa1100
2002EnglandEngland1001
Total3102
10 Mamatha Maben 2003/4New ZealandIndia1001
Total1001
11 Mithali Raj 2005/6EnglandIndia1001
2005/6AustraliaAustralia1010
2006EnglandEngland2101
2014EnglandEngland1100
Total5212
Total354625

Women's One-Day International captains

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.

  • Indian women's ODI captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[8]
1Diana Edulji1977/8, 1984/5 – 19931871100[10]38.88
2Shantha Rangaswamy1981/2-1983/4164120025.00
3Shubhangi Kulkarni1986101000.00
4Purnima Rau1994/5-1995/685300[11]62.50
5Pramila Bhatt1995/6-1997/87511[12]0[13]78.57
6Chanderkanta Kaul19994310075.00
7Anju Jain2000/18530062.50
8Anjum Chopra2001/2[14]-2002/3-2011/201228101701[15]37.03
9Mamatha Maben2003/4-2004/5191450073.68
10Mithali Raj2003 – present8145330355.55
11Jhulan Goswami2008-20112512130048.00
12Rumeli Dhar2008-2008101000.00
13Harmanpreet Kaur2013–201333000100.00
Total2191131011451.59

Women's Twenty-20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International.[16]

NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[8]
1Mithali Raj2006–present32171500 53.12
2Jhulan Goswami2008-2011188100041.17
3Anjum Chopra2012-201210370030.00
4Harmanpreet Kaur2012-201613940069.23
Total6633330050.00

Youth cricket

Test match captains

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.
* mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test match or ODI match).

NumberNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1Krishnamachari Srikkanth*1978/9†PakistanIndia2002
2Vedraj Chauhan1978/9PakistanIndia3003
3Ravi Shastri*1981EnglandEngland3003
4Saba Karim*1984/5AustraliaIndia2011
5Anju Mudkavi1984/5†AustraliaIndia1001
6Amikar Dayal1986/7AustraliaAustralia3021
7Myluahanan Senthilnathan1987/8New ZealandNew Zealand1010
8Janardhanan Ramdas1988/9PakistanPakistan4103
9Ranjib Biswal1989/90PakistanIndia4103
10Rahul Dravid*1991/2New ZealandIndia2101
11Manoj Joglekar1992/3EnglandIndia3111
12Sridharan Sriram*1993/4AustraliaIndia3111
13Amit Sharma1994EnglandEngland3102
14Kiran Powar1994/5AustraliaAustralia3021
15Sanjay Raul1995/6South AfricaIndia3111
16Ajit Agarkar*1996/7†Sri LankaSri Lanka1100
17Jyoti Yadav1996/7Sri LankaSri Lanka2101
18Reetinder Sodhi*1998/9Sri LankaIndia1001
19Ajay Ratra*2003/4EnglandIndia3102
20Manvinder Bisla2002†EnglandEngland1001
21Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao2002EnglandEngland2011
22Ambati Rayudu*2004/5EnglandIndia3300
23 Tanmay Srivastava 2006EnglandEngland3102
2007Sri LankaSri Lanka2101
Total5203
24 Piyush Chawla* 2006PakistanIndia2200
2007New ZealandIndia3111
Total5311
25Virat Kohli*2008South AfricaSouth Africa2101
26Ashok Menaria2009AustraliaAustralia2110
27Vijay Zol2014Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
Total69201237

Youth One-Day International captains

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 ODI 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.

The table of results is complete as of 16 August 2014.
* mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test match, ODI or T20 match).

NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[8]
1Ravi Shastri1981101000.00
2Saba Karim1985303000.00
3Anju Mudkavi1985101000.00
4Amikar Dayal19863120033.33
5M. Senthilnathan19888530062.50
6Arjan Kripal Singh1988101000.00
7Ranjib Biswal1989/905410080.00
8Rahul Dravid19923210066.66
9Manoj Joglekar199333000100.00
10Amit Sharma19945230040.00
11Kiran Powar19953120033.33
12Sanjay Raul199633000100.00
13Jyoti Yadav1997/83120033.33
14Amit Pagnis19976420066.66
15Reetinder Sodhi199933000100.00
16Mohammad Kaif1999/0099000100.00
17Ajay Ratra20013210066.66
18Parthiv Patel20027430057.14
19Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao200233000100.00
20Ambati Rayudu2003/0410820080.00
21Dinesh Karthik2004101000.00
22Manoj Tiwary20055410080.00
23Ravikant Shukla2005/06171520088.23
24Tanmay Srivastava2006/0777000100.00
25Piyush Chawla2006/07121110091.66
26Ravindra Jadeja200711000100.00
27Virat Kohli20081111000100.00
28Ashok Menaria2009/1012840066.66
29Unmukt Chand2011/12211551073.80
30Vijay Zol2013/14221830185.71
31Sanju Samson201411000100.00
32Ricky Bhui201544000100.00
33Virat Singh201511000100.00
34Rishabh Pant201511000100.00
35Ishan Kishan20158710087.50
36Abhishek Sharma2016550000100.00

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