Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain in Tests held in Sri Lanka

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
A Ranatunga (SL)	1992-1999	27	8	6	0	13	0	1.330	29.62	22.22	0	48.14	0	57.14
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1999-2002	24	14	6	0	4	0	2.330	58.33	25	0	16.66	0	70
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2012	20	11	4	0	5	0	2.750	55	20	0	25	0	73.33
AD Mathews (SL)	2013-2016	17	10	5	0	2	0	2.000	58.82	29.41	0	11.76	0	66.66
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2019-2023	14	8	5	0	1	0	1.600	57.14	35.71	0	7.14	0	61.53
LRD Mendis (SL)	1983-1987	11	2	4	0	5	0	0.500	18.18	36.36	0	45.45	0	33.33
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2010	11	5	1	0	5	0	5.000	45.45	9.09	0	45.45	0	83.33
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	2003-2004	8	1	3	0	4	0	0.330	12.5	37.5	0	50	0	25
DM de Silva (SL)	2024-2025	7	4	2	0	1	0	2.000	57.14	28.57	0	14.28	0	66.66
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2012-2015	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	28.57	0	40
MS Atapattu (SL)	2004-2005	6	5	0	0	1	0	-	83.33	0	0	16.66	0	100
LD Chandimal (SL)	2017-2021	6	1	5	0	0	0	0.200	16.66	83.33	0	0	0	16.66
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2017	6	5	1	0	0	0	5.000	83.33	16.66	0	0	0	83.33
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2007	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-2003	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2025	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.660	40	60	0	0	0	40
M Azharuddin (IND)	1993-1999	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
Babar Azam (PAK)	2022-2023	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.000	75	25	0	0	0	75
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1998	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2018-2018	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2013-2017	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2002	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
AR Border (AUS)	1992-1992	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2001-2002	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2011	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
MS Dhoni (IND)	2010-2010	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
TM Dilshan (SL)	2011-2011	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2017-2017	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1984-1984	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2001	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1985	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2008-2008	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2007-2007	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2004	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DJG Sammy (WI)	2010-2010	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1993	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
Younis Khan (PAK)	2009-2009	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2014	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2023-2023	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2021-2021	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2005-2005	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1992-1992	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2022-2022	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
F du Plessis (SA)	2018-2018	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2005-2005	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2015	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2006-2006	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2002-2002	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2021-2021	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2025-2025	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1994-1994	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2004	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2012-2012	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2012-2012	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	2009-2009	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2019-2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2017-2017	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1982-1982	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)	2024-2024	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2012-2012	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2001-2001	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1993-1993	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1993-1993	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2002-2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	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:

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Jun 25-28, 2025 [Test # 2588]

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Galle, Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 1st Test, Jun 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2586]

Sri Lanka vs Australia at Galle, Australia in Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Feb 6-9, 2025 [Test # 2580]