Indian national Test cricket captains
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India has played 403 Test Matches (as of March 17, 2007) and has had 29 cricketers captaining the national team in one or more test matches.
[edit] List of Test Captains
This is the 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 deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed for a minor proportion in a series.
| Indian Test match captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | CK Nayudu | 1932 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1933/4 | England | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1936 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Nawab of Pataudi, snr | 1946 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Lala Amarnath | 1947/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948/9 | West Indies | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1952/3 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Vijay Hazare | 1951/2 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1952 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1952/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Vinoo Mankad | 1954/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1955/6† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958/9 | West Indies | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Polly Umrigar | 1955/6 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Hemu Adhikari | 1958/9† | West Indian | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Pankaj Roy | 1959† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959/60 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Nari Contractor | 1960/1 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1961/2 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1961/2† | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Nawab of Pataudi, jun | 1961/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1963/4 | England | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1964/5 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1964/5 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1966/7 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1967 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1967/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1967/8 | 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 | ||
| 1974/5 | West Indies | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Chandu Borde | 1967/8† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Ajit Wadekar | 1970/1 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1971 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1972/3 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1974 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 1974/5† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1975/6† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978/9 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1979/80 | Australia | India | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1979/80 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1980/1 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1980/1 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1981/2 | England | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1982 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1982/3 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1982/3 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1984/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1984/5 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| 19 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975/6 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1976/7 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1976/7 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1977/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1978/9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1979/80† | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Kapil Dev | 1982/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1983/4 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1983/4 | West Indies | India | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1985 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1985/6 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1986 | England | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1986/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1986/7 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1986/7 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 81 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987/8 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1988/9 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988/9 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 23 | Ravi Shastri | 1987/8† | West Indies | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989/90 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989/90 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1990/1 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991/2 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1992/3 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1992/3 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1992/3 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992/3 | Zimbabwe | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1993/4 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993/4 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1994/5 | West Indies | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1995/6 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1997/8 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998/9 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1998/9 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998/92 | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998/92 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 26 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996/7 | Australia | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996/7 | South Africa | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1996/7 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1997 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997/8 | 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 | ||||
| 27 | Sourav Ganguly | 2000/1 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000/1 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2000/1 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2001/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2001/2 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001/2 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | England | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002/3 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2002/3 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003/4 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2003/4 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004/5 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2004/5 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2004/5 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004/5 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2005/6 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 28 | Rahul Dravid | 2003/4† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004/5† | Australia | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005/6 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2005/6 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005/6 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2005/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2006/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 29 | Virender Sehwag | 2005/6† | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- 1 Includes one tie
- 2 Asian Test Championship
[edit] Records and Highlights
- Sourav Ganguly has captained India on most occasions - 49 Test Matches. Mohammad Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar have captained India in 47 matches each.
- Sourav Ganguly has led India to victory in 21 matches - the most for an Indian captain. Mohammad Azharuddin has 14 victories. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar have 9 victories each.
- Sourav Ganguly has won atleast one match against all teams played in Indian soil except New Zealand. India has not played Bangladesh in home soil under Sourav Ganguly.
- Lala Amarnath led India to its first test victory - against Pakistan in 1952/53 season.
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi led India to its first overseas victory - against New Zealand in 1964/65 season.
- Complete list of Overseas Victories:
- Sourav Ganguly: 11 (Australia, Bangladesh - 3, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and Zimbabwe - 3)
- Mansoor Ali Khan: 4 (All against New Zealand)
- Bishen Singh Bedi: 3 (West Indies, Australia - 2)
- Ajit Wadekar: 2 (West Indies, England)
- Sunil Gavaskar: 2 (New Zealand, Australia)
- Kapil Dev: 2 (Both against England)
- Mohammad Azharuddin: 1 (Sri Lanka)
- Rahul Dravid: 3 (Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies)
- Sunil Gavaskar has scored 3449 runs - the highest by any Indian cricketer as captain. He also hold the record for maximum number of centuries by an Indian Captain (11). Mohammad Azharuddin has 9 centuries when representing India as its captain and Sachin Tendulkar has 7 centuries as India's captain.
- Kapil Dev has 111 Wickets in 34 matches as India's captain while Bishen Singh Bedi has 106 wickets in 22 matches. Bishen Singh Bedi has eight 5 Wicket/Inning hauls compared to Kapil Dev's four.
- Sachin Tendulkar has the highest average of 51.35 (25 Matches) amongst Indian Captains while Sunil Gavaskar has 50.72 (47 Matches). Rahul Dravid (45.74 over 20 matches) and Mohammad Azharuddin (43.93 over 47 Matches) have averages above 40.
- Captains who have not led India on Home Soil: Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Nawab of Pataudi, snr, Datta Gaekwad, Pankaj Roy, Chandu Borde and Krishnamachari Srikanth
- Captains who have not led India on Foreign Soil: Ghulam Ahmed, Polly Umrigar, Hemu Adhikari, Gulabrai Ramchand, Gundappa Viswanath, Ravi Shastri and Virender Sehwag
- Kapil Dev was the captain of India's only tied-test match (against Australia in Chepauk, Chennai)
