Individual Most Matches As Captain IN India

Most matches as captain for England vs India in Tests IN India

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1981-1985	11	2	2	0	7	0	1.000	18.18	18.18	0	63.63	0	50
AN Cook (ENG)	2012-2016	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.400	22.22	55.55	0	22.22	0	28.57
V Kohli (IND)	2016-2021	9	7	1	0	1	0	7.000	77.77	11.11	0	11.11	0	87.5
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2012	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1977	5	1	3	0	1	0	0.330	20	60	0	20	0	25
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
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1985	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
AW Greig (ENG)	1976-1977	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1964	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
RG Sharma (IND)	2024-2024	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	0	0	80
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1964	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2024-2024	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.250	20	80	0	0	0	20
AL Wadekar (IND)	1972-1973	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
JE Root (ENG)	2021-2021	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
M Azharuddin (IND)	1993-1993	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2006	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2006	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2001	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
DR Jardine (ENG)	1933-1934	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
CK Nayudu (IND)	1933-1934	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1993-1993	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1980-1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DB Carr (ENG)	1952-1952	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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]