The cricket captains are an appointed leader of the team who has certain additional roles and responsibilities than that of the other players. He/She is expected to have good communication skills and be a regular player as he/she is responsible for the team selection. Cricket is a well-known sport in India and is thoroughly enjoyed by a huge mass of population. Today, we will be talking about the list of Indian cricket captains who have lead the team in at least one International match.
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Indian Test match captains |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
66.67 |
34 |
|
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 |
35 |
|
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 |
|
Total |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
54.54 |
36 |
|
Jasprit Bumrah |
2022† |
England |
England |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
Total |
574 |
174 |
177 |
223 |
30.31 |
Women's
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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