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Captains of Indian teams since 1932

List of Indian Cricket Captains Since 1932.

List of Indian Cricket Captains Since 1932...

TEST MATCHES / LIST OF CAPTAINS

There is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for test matches. A total of 33 players have captained India in Test matches, with Virat Kohli being the most successful player with 36 wins.

List of captains
Player Span Mat Won Lost Draw
CK Nayudu 1932-1934 4 0 3 1
Vizianagram 1936-1936 3 0 2 1
Nawab of Pataudi 1946-1946 3 0 1 2
L Amarnath 1947-1952 15 2 6 7
VS Hazare 1951-1953 14 1 5 8
MH Mankad 1955-1959 6 0 1 5
Ghulam Ahmed 1955-1959 3 0 2 1
PR Umrigar 1955-1958 8 2 2 4
HR Adhikari 1959-1959 1 0 0 1
DK Gaekwad 1959-1959 4 0 4 0
P Roy 1959-1959 1 0 1 0
GS Ramchand 1959-1960 5 1 2 2
NJ Contractor 1960-1962 12 2 2 8
Nawab of Pataudi 1962-1975 40 9 19 12
CG Borde 1967-1967 1 0 1 0
AL Wadekar 1971-1974 16 4 4 8
S Venkataraghavan 1974-1979 5 0 2 3
SM Gavaskar 1976-1985 47 9 8 30
BS Bedi 1976-1978 22 6 11 5
GR Viswanath 1980-1980 2 0 1 1
N Kapil Dev 1983-1987 34 4 7 22
DB Vengsarkar 1987-1989 10 2 5 3
RJ Shastri 1988-1988 1 1 0 0
K Srikkanth 1989-1989 4 0 0 4
M Azharuddin 1990-1999 47 14 14 19
SR Tendulkar 1996-2000 25 4 9 12
SC Ganguly 2000-2005 49 21 13 15
R Dravid 2003-2007 25 8 6 11
V Sehwag 2005-2012 4 2 1 1
A Kumble 2007-2008 14 3 5 6
MS Dhoni 2008-2014 60 27 18 15
V Kohli 2014-2021 61* 36 14 10
AM Rahane 2017-2021 5 4 0 1

One Day International list of captains

List of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for One Day Internationals. A total of 24 players have captained the Indian cricket team in One Day Internationals, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful player with 110 wins.

India One Day International captains
Name Year Played Won Lost Tied
Ajit Wadekar 1974 2 0 2 0
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1975–1979 7 1 6 0
Bishen Singh Bedi 1975–1978 4 1 3 0
Sunil Gavaskar 1980–1985 37 14 21 0
Gundappa Viswanath 1980 1 0 1 0
Kapil Dev 1982–1992 74 39 33 0
Syed Kirmani 1983 1 0 1 0
Mohinder Amarnath 1984 1 0 0 0
Ravi Shastri 1986–1991 11 4 7 0
Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–1988 18 8 10 0
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989 13 4 8 0
Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–1999 174 90 76 2
Sachin Tendulkar 1996–1999 73 23 43 1
Ajay Jadeja 1998–1999 13 8 5 0
Sourav Ganguly 1999–2005 146 76 65 0
Rahul Dravid 2000–2007 79 42 33 0
Anil Kumble 2001 1 1 0 0
Virender Sehwag 2003–2011 12 7 5 0
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007–2018 200 110 74 5
Suresh Raina 2010 12 6 5 0
Gautam Gambhir 2010-2011 6 6 0 0
Virat Kohli 2013–present 95 65 27 1
Ajinkya Rahane 2015 3 3 0 0
Rohit Sharma 2017–2019 10 08 2 0

Twenty20 International list of captains

List of cricketers who captained the Indian cricket team for Twenty20 Internationals. The Indian cricket team has been captained by a total of six players in T20Is, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni being the most successful captain with 41 wins.

India Twenty20 International captains
Name Year Played Won Lost Tied
Virender Sehwag 2006 1 1 0 0
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007–2016 72 41 28 1
Suresh Raina 2010–2011 3 3 0 0
Ajinkya Rahane 2015 2 1 1 0
Virat Kohli 2017–present 45 29 14 0
Rohit Sharma 2017–2020 19 15 4 0

India became a 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 at Lord's was led by Col CK Nayudu against England. He played seven Tests, which were against England before World War II, losing five matches and drawing twice. Their first game against the other opposition came in 1947–48 when the Indians, led by Lala Amarnath, played against Sir Donald Bradman's Australia.
One Day International (ODI) cricket game started on January 5, 1971. The first official game in this format was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after the Test match was abandoned due to heavy rain. Each side batted for 40 overs and 8 balls in each over, Australia won by 5 wickets.
India played its first ODI cricket match on 13 July 1974 against England at Headingley (Leeds, England). Ajit Wadekar led the Indian cricket team as ODI captain in 2 matches (India lost both games). The first ODI Cricket World Cup was played in 1975, the Indian cricket team was led by Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan.
The name "ICC World Cup" adopted from the 1999 World Cup. The names of the first World Cups were named after the sponsors. Accordingly, the names were: 1975, 1979 and 1983 - Prudential World Cup, 1987 - Reliance World Cup, 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup, 1996 - Wills World Cup.
The successful Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kapil Dev in the World Cup. Current Indian captain Virat Kohli has a track record of 78% wins in ODIs, and is expected to repeat the 1983 and 2011 World Cups.

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