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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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