Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests held in India

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2021	31	24	2	0	5	0	12.000	77.41	6.45	0	16.12	0	92.3
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2013	30	21	3	0	6	0	7.000	70	10	0	20	0	87.5
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1985	29	7	2	0	20	0	3.500	24.13	6.89	0	68.96	0	77.77
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1964-1975	27	6	9	0	12	0	0.660	22.22	33.33	0	44.44	0	40
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2005	21	10	3	0	8	0	3.330	47.61	14.28	0	38.09	0	76.92
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	20	13	4	0	3	0	3.250	65	20	0	15	0	76.47
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1987	20	2	4	1	13	0	0.500	10	20	5	65	0	35.71
RG Sharma (IND)	2022-2024	16	10	5	0	1	0	2.000	62.5	31.25	0	6.25	0	66.66
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	12	4	3	0	5	0	1.330	33.33	25	0	41.66	0	57.14
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1983	11	6	2	0	3	0	3.000	54.54	18.18	0	27.27	0	75
L Amarnath (IND)	1948-1952	10	2	2	0	6	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1962	10	2	0	0	8	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
AN Cook (ENG)	2012-2016	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.400	22.22	55.55	0	22.22	0	28.57
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1977	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
R Dravid (IND)	2003-2006	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2008	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.000	14.28	14.28	0	71.42	0	50
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	7	0	5	0	2	0	0.000	0	71.42	0	28.57	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1997	7	0	4	0	3	0	0.000	0	57.14	0	42.85	0	0
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2010	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1980	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1979	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1979	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2017-2023	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1987-1988	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1959	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1960	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-2000	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	0	0	60
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1960-1961	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2003	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	80	0	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1949	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
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
Imran Khan (PAK)	1987-1987	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1952	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
WM Lawry (AUS)	1969-1969	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
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
DJG Sammy (WI)	2011-2013	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	20	0	0
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
HM Amla (SA)	2015-2015	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
TWM Latham (NZ)	2021-2024	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
JR Reid (NZ)	1965-1965	4	0	1	0	3	0	0.000	0	25	0	75	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1987-1988	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
JE Root (ENG)	2021-2021	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1998	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
MS Atapattu (SL)	2005-2005	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1986	3	0	0	1	2	0	0.000	0	0	33.33	66.66	0	50
LD Chandimal (SL)	2017-2017	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2013-2013	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1969-1969	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
F du Plessis (SA)	2019-2019	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2006	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1995	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2004	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
CL Hooper (WI)	2002-2002	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2001	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2005-2005	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
DR Jardine (ENG)	1933-1934	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
LRD Mendis (SL)	1986-1987	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
CK Nayudu (IND)	1933-1934	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
AM Rahane (IND)	2017-2021	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2009	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1967	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2012-2016	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1976-1976	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2010-2010	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1994-1994	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1999-1999	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2021	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1988-1988	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1983-1983	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2018-2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
T Bavuma (SA)	2025-2025	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RL Chase (WI)	2025-2025	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2023	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1993-1993	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JO Holder (WI)	2018-2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2022-2022	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2019-2019	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2024-2024	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
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1980	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2007-2007	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2018-2018	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:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]