Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for England vs India in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
V Kohli (IND)	2016-2021	18	10	6	0	2	0	1.660	55.55	33.33	0	11.11	0	62.5
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2014	15	3	9	0	3	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
AN Cook (ENG)	2012-2016	14	5	6	0	3	0	0.830	35.71	42.85	0	21.42	0	45.45
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1981-1985	14	2	3	0	9	0	0.660	14.28	21.42	0	64.28	0	40
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	13	6	6	0	1	0	1.000	46.15	46.15	0	7.69	0	50
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	11	3	4	0	4	0	0.750	27.27	36.36	0	36.36	0	42.85
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2025	10	4	5	0	1	0	0.800	40	50	0	10	0	44.44
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1996	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	9	1	4	0	4	0	0.250	11.11	44.44	0	44.44	0	20
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1967	8	0	3	0	5	0	0.000	0	37.5	0	62.5	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2002	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.000	28.57	14.28	0	57.14	0	66.66
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2002	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	6	2	1	0	3	0	2.000	33.33	16.66	0	50	0	66.66
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1986	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1977	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1980	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1993	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AW Greig (ENG)	1976-1977	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
RG Sharma (IND)	2024-2024	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40	40	0	20	0	50
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1964	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1952	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1934	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2011-2011	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1936	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
DB Close (ENG)	1967-1967	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2006	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1946	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1986	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2007-2007	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Vizianagram (IND)	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1982	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
DB Carr (ENG)	1952-1952	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1993-1993	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1980	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]

England vs Australia at Brisbane, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]