Individual List Captains

Cricket Records for India in Test matches

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
OR Dunell (SA)	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
AR Richards (SA)	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
HM Taberer (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1911	13	5	6	0	2	0	0.83	38.46	46.15	0.00	45.45
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	0.00	60.00
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	18	1	10	0	7	0	0.10	5.55	55.55	0.00	9.09
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.50	16.66	33.33	0.00	33.33
EP Nupen (SA)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.40	22.22	55.55	0.00	28.57
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	75.00	0.00	0.00
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	10	1	4	0	5	0	0.25	10.00	40.00	0.00	20.00
Vizianagram (IND)	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1952	15	2	6	0	7	0	0.33	13.33	40.00	0.00	25.00
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.11	6.66	60.00	0.00	10.00
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	14	1	5	0	8	0	0.20	7.14	35.71	0.00	16.66
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1955	15	7	5	0	3	0	1.40	46.66	33.33	0.00	58.33
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1959	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	0.00	16.66	0.00	0.00
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1962	14	4	6	0	4	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	0.00	40.00
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	66.66	0.00	0.00
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	0.00	50.00
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.50	25.00	50.00	0.00	33.33
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.50	20.00	40.00	0.00	33.33
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1962	12	2	2	0	8	0	1.00	16.66	16.66	0.00	50.00
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1962-1975	40	9	19	0	12	0	0.47	22.50	47.50	0.00	32.14
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1965	13	1	2	0	10	0	0.50	7.69	15.38	0.00	33.33
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1967	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.00	50.00	12.50	0.00	80.00
CG Borde (IND)	1967-1967	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	4	4	0	8	0	1.00	25.00	25.00	0.00	50.00
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1974-1979	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.00	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1985	47	9	8	0	30	0	1.12	19.14	17.02	0.00	52.94
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	0	0.54	27.27	50.00	0.00	35.29
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1980	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1987	34	4	7	1	22	0	0.57	11.76	20.58	0.00	37.50
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1987-1989	10	2	5	0	3	0	0.40	20.00	50.00	0.00	28.57
RJ Shastri (IND)	1988-1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
K Srikkanth (IND)	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	47	14	14	0	19	0	1.00	29.78	29.78	0.00	50.00
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	16	5	3	0	8	0	1.66	31.25	18.75	0.00	62.50
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	0	2.45	50.94	20.75	0.00	71.05
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	25	4	9	0	12	0	0.44	16.00	36.00	0.00	30.76
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2003	26	14	5	0	7	0	2.80	53.84	19.23	0.00	73.68
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	0	1.61	42.85	26.53	0.00	61.76
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2014	108	53	28	0	27	0	1.89	49.07	25.92	0.00	65.43
R Dravid (IND)	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11	0	1.33	32.00	24.00	0.00	57.14
V Sehwag (IND)	2005-2012	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.00	50.00	25.00	0.00	66.66
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2008	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.60	21.42	35.71	0.00	37.50
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2014	60	27	18	0	15	0	1.50	45.00	30.00	0.00	60.00
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2016	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.00	28.57	28.57	0.00	50.00
V Kohli (IND)	2014-2022	68	40	17	0	11	0	2.35	58.82	25.00	0.00	70.17
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	0.00	66.66
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2020	36	18	15	0	3	0	1.20	50.00	41.66	0.00	54.54
AM Rahane (IND)	2017-2021	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0.00	0.00	100.00
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2024	18	9	8	0	1	0	1.12	50.00	44.44	0.00	52.94
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	50.00
KL Rahul (IND)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	0.00	66.66
RG Sharma (IND)	2022-2024	16	10	4	0	2	0	2.50	62.50	25.00	0.00	71.42
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2023	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	0.00	0.00	100.00
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]