List of India national cricket captains

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 , West Indies and New Zealand. The Indian team was first led by Colonel C. K. Nayudu against England at the Lord's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches & drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947–48 when Indians led by Lala Amarnath played against Sir Donald Bradman's Australia. .

Santha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first test match in 1976 against West Indies at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Diana Edulji was the first Women's One Day International captain in 1978 against England at Eden Gardens. Mithali Raj became the first WT20I captain in 2006 against England at Derby.

K. Srikkant became the first Test captain for the U-19 team in 1978–79 against Pakistan, while Ravi Shastri was the first One Day International captain for the U-19 team in 1981.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a 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 deputized for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

A total of 33 players have captained India in test matches, of which Virat Kohli is the most successful with 33 wins.

The table of results is complete up to the first Test against England in February 2021.

Indian Test match captains [1]
Number Image Name OppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1
CK Nayudu 1932EnglandEngland1010
1933–34EnglandIndia3021
Total4031
2 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram1936EnglandEngland3021
Total3021
3 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi1946EnglandEngland3012
Total3012
4 Lala Amarnath 1947–48AustraliaAustralia5041
1948–49West IndiesIndia5014
1952–53PakistanIndia5212
Total15267
5 Vijay Hazare 1951–52EnglandIndia5113
1952EnglandEngland4031
1952–53West IndiesWest Indies5014
Total14158
6 Vinoo Mankad 1954–55PakistanPakistan5005
1958–59†West IndiesIndia1010
Total6015
7 Ghulam Ahmed 1955–56†New ZealandIndia1001
1958–59West IndiesIndia2020
Total3021
8 Polly Umrigar 1955–56New ZealandIndia4202
1956–57AustraliaIndia3021
1958–59†West IndiesIndia1001
Total8224
9 Hemu Adhikari1958–59†West IndianIndia1001
Total1001
10 Datta Gaekwad1959EnglandEngland4040
Total4040
11 Pankaj Roy1959†EnglandEngland1010
Total1010
12 Gulabrai Ramchand1959–60AustraliaIndia5122
Total5122
13 Nari Contractor 1960–61PakistanIndia5005
1961–62EnglandIndia5203
1961–62†West IndiesWest Indies2020
Total12228
14 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 1961–62West IndiesWest Indies3030
1963–64EnglandIndia5005
1964–65AustraliaIndia3111
1964–65New ZealandIndia4103
1966–67West IndiesIndia3021
1967EnglandEngland3030
1967–68AustraliaAustralia3030
1967–68New ZealandNew Zealand4310
1969–70New ZealandIndia3111
1969–70AustraliaIndia5131
1974–75West IndiesIndia4220
Total4091912
15 Chandu Borde1967–68†AustraliaAustralia1010
Total1010
16 Ajit Wadekar 1970–71West IndiesWest Indies5104
1971EnglandEngland3102
1972–73EnglandIndia5212
1974EnglandEngland3030
Total16448
17 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 1974–75†West IndiesIndia1010
1979EnglandEngland4013
Total5023
18 Sunil Gavaskar 1975–76†New ZealandNew Zealand1100
1978–79West IndiesIndia6105
1979–80AustraliaIndia6204
1979–80PakistanIndia5203
1980–81AustraliaAustralia3111
1980–81New ZealandNew Zealand3012
1981–82EnglandIndia6105
1982EnglandEngland3012
1982–83Sri LankaIndia1001
1982–83PakistanPakistan6033
1984–85PakistanPakistan2002
1984–85EnglandIndia5122
Total479830
19 Bishan Singh Bedi 1975–76New ZealandNew Zealand2011
1975–76West IndiesWest Indies4121
1976–77New ZealandIndia3201
1976–77EnglandIndia5131
1977–78AustraliaAustralia5230
1978–79PakistanPakistan3021
Total226115
20 Gundappa Viswanath 1979–80†PakistanIndia1001
1979–80EnglandIndia1010
Total2011
21 Kapil Dev 1982–83West IndiesWest Indies5023
1983–84PakistanIndia3003
1983–84West IndiesIndia6033
1985Sri LankaSri Lanka3012
1985–86AustraliaAustralia3003
1986EnglandEngland3201
1986–87AustraliaIndia3002[2]
1986–87Sri LankaIndia3201
1986–87PakistanIndia5014
Total344723[2]
22 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–88West IndiesIndia3012
1988–89New ZealandIndia3210
1988–89West IndiesWest Indies4031
Total10253
23 Ravi Shastri1987–88†West IndiesIndia1100
Total1100
24 Krishnamachari Srikkanth1989–90PakistanPakistan4004
Total4004
25
Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–90New ZealandNew Zealand3012
1990EnglandEngland3012
1990–91Sri LankaIndia1100
1991–92AustraliaAustralia5041
1992–93ZimbabweZimbabwe1001
1992–93South AfricaSouth Africa4013
1992–93EnglandIndia3300
1992–93ZimbabweIndia1100
1993Sri LankaSri Lanka3102
1993–94Sri LankaIndia3300
1993–94New ZealandNew Zealand1001
1994–95West IndiesIndia3111
1995–96New ZealandIndia3102
1996EnglandEngland3012
1997–98AustraliaIndia3210
1998–99ZimbabweZimbabwe1010
1998–99New ZealandNew Zealand2011
1998–99PakistanIndia2110
1998–99[3]PakistanIndia1010
1998–99[3]Sri LankaSri Lanka1001
Total47141419[4][5][6][7]
26 Sachin Tendulkar 1996–97AustraliaIndia1100
1996–97South AfricaIndia3210
1996–97South AfricaSouth Africa3021
1996–97West IndiesWest Indies5014
1997Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
1997–98Sri LankaIndia3003
1999–2000New ZealandIndia3102
1999–2000AustraliaAustralia3030
1999–2000South AfricaIndia2020
Total254912
27 Sourav Ganguly 2000–01BangladeshBangladesh1100
2000–01ZimbabweIndia2101
2000–01AustraliaIndia3210
2001ZimbabweZimbabwe2110
2001Sri LankaSri Lanka3120
2001–02South AfricaSouth Africa2011
2001–02EnglandIndia3102
2001–02ZimbabweIndia2200
2001–02West IndiesWest Indies5122
2002EnglandEngland4112
2002–03West IndiesIndia3201
2002–03New ZealandNew Zealand2020
2003–04New ZealandIndia1001
2003–04AustraliaAustralia4112
2003–04PakistanPakistan1100
2004–05AustraliaIndia2011
2004–05South AfricaIndia2101
2004–05BangladeshBangladesh2200
2004–05PakistanIndia3111
2005–06ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
Total49211315
28 Rahul Dravid 2003–04†New ZealandIndia1001
2003–04†PakistanPakistan2110
2004–05†AustraliaIndia2110
2005–06Sri LankaIndia2101
2005–06PakistanPakistan3012
2005–06EnglandIndia3111
2005–06West IndiesWest Indies4103
2006–07South AfricaSouth Africa3120
2007BangladeshBangladesh2101
2007EnglandEngland3102
Total258611
29 Virender Sehwag2005–06†Sri LankaIndia1100
2009†New ZealandNew Zealand1001
2010†BangladeshBangladesh1100
2012†AustraliaAustralia1010
Total4211
30 Anil Kumble 2007PakistanIndia3102
2007–08AustraliaAustralia4121
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
2014–15AustraliaAustralia2011
2015BangladeshBangladesh1001
2015Sri LankaSri Lanka3210
2015–16South AfricaIndia4301
2016West IndiesWest Indies4202
2016–17New ZealandIndia3300
2016–17EnglandIndia5401
2017BangladeshIndia1100
2017AustraliaIndia3111
2017Sri LankaSri Lanka3300
2017–18Sri LankaIndia3102
2018South AfricaSouth Africa3120
2018EnglandEngland5140
2018West IndiesIndia2200
2018–19AustraliaAustralia4211
2019West IndiesWest Indies2200
2019–20South AfricaIndia3300
2019–20BangladeshIndia2200
2019–20New ZealandNew Zealand2020
2020–21AustraliaAustralia1010
2020–21EnglandIndia1010
Total57331410
33 Ajinkya Rahane 2017AustraliaIndia1100
2018AfghanistanIndia1100
2020–21AustraliaAustralia3201
Total5401
Grand total (1932–2020)546159168219 [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. A total of 24 players have captained India in One Day Internationals, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful with 110 wins.

India One Day International captains[8]
Number ImageNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[9]
1 Ajit Wadekar1974202000.00
2 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan1975–19797160014.28
3 Bishen Singh Bedi1975–19784130025.00
4
Sunil Gavaskar1980–19853714210240.00
5 Gundappa Viswanath1980101000.00
6
Kapil Dev1982–19927439330254.16
7 Syed Kirmani1983101000.00
8 Mohinder Amarnath1984100010.00
9 Ravi Shastri1986–199111470036.36
10 Dilip Vengsarkar1987–1988188100044.44
11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth198913480133.33
12
Mohammad Azharuddin1989–199917490762653.57
13
Sachin Tendulkar1996–19997323431635.07
14 Ajay Jadeja1998–199913850061.53
15
Sourav Ganguly1999–2005146[10]7665[10]0553.90
16
Rahul Dravid2000–20077942330456.00
17
Anil Kumble200111000100.00
18
Virender Sehwag2003–201112750058.33
19
Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–20182001107451159.52
20
Suresh Raina201012650154.54
21
Gautam Gambhir2010-201166000100.00
22
Virat Kohli2013–present9263261270.55
23
Ajinkya Rahane201533000100.00
24
Rohit Sharma2017–2019211920084.00
Grand total98851342494151.92

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. A total of six players have captained India in T20Is, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is most successful captain, with 41 wins.

India Twenty20 International captains[11]
Number ImageNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[9]
1
Virender Sehwag200611000100.00
2
Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–20167241281259.28
3
Suresh Raina2010–201133000100.00
4
Ajinkya Rahane20152110050.00
5
Virat Kohli2017–present4024112265.78
6
Rohit Sharma2017–2020191540078.94
Grand total13785453465.03

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. Mithali Raj is the most successful with 3 wins.

The table of results is updated as 19 November 2014.

Indian women's Test match captains
Number ImageNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
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
2014South AfricaIndia1100
Total6312
Grand total365625

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. Mithali Raj is the most successful with 82 wins.

Indian Women's One Day International captains[12]
Number ImageNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[9]
1 Diana Edulji1978–19931871100[13]38.88
2 Shantha Rangaswamy1982–1984164120025.00
3 Shubhangi Kulkarni1986101000.00
4 Purnima Rau199585300[14]62.50
5 Pramila Bhatt1995–19977511[15]0[16]78.57
6 Chanderkanta Kaul19994310075.00
7 Anju Jain20008530062.50
8
Anjum Chopra2002–201228101701[17]37.03
9 Mamatha Maben2003–2004191450073.68
10
Mithali Raj2003–present13282470363.56
11
Jhulan Goswami2008–20112512130048.00
12
Rumeli Dhar2008101000.00
13
Harmanpreet Kaur2013–20185410080.00
Total2721511161456.52

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. Harmanpreet Kaur is the most successful with 38 wins.

Indian Women's Twenty-20 International captains[18]
Number ImageNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[9]
1
Mithali Raj2006–20163217150053.12
2
Jhulan Goswami2008–2015188100044.44
3
Anjum Chopra201210370030.00
4
Harmanpreet Kaur2012–present5938190266.66
5
Smriti Mandhana20194130025.00
Total12367540255.37

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 or One Day International 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
28Jonty Sidhu2017EnglandIndia2002
29Himanshu Rana2017EnglandEngland2200
30Anuj Rawat2018Sri LankaSri Lanka2200
31Suraj Ahuja2019South AfricaIndia2200
Total77261239

Youth One-Day International Indian 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 One Day International 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 14 September 2019.
* mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test, One Day International or T20 match).

NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %[9]
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 Kaif1999/0098001100.00
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 Sharma20165311070.00
37Himanshu Rana20173210066.66
38Prithvi Shaw20181111000100.00
39Aryan Juyal20185320060.00
40Pawan Shah201811000100.00
41Prab Simran Singh201822000100.00
42Priyam Garg2019201640080.00
43Dhruv Jurel20195410080.00
44Shubhang Hedge20194120133.33

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