Most consecutive matches as captain of a team

Most consecutive matches as captain of a team in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most consecutive matches as captain

Player	Team	Mat	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	From	Until
M Azharuddin	India	128	30	98	0	29 Nov 1991	4 Jul 1996
A Vala	Papua New Guinea	118	0	64	54	9 Feb 2016	13 Mar 2024
DPMD Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	100	22	69	9	19 Mar 2006	10 Oct 2008
WJ Cronje	South Africa	99	26	73	0	25 Nov 1994	30 Jan 1998
ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	95	19	76	0	26 Aug 1996	29 Oct 1999
RK Paudel	Nepal	93*	0	47	46	14 Nov 2022	20 Jun 2025
Babar Azam	Pakistan	91	18	18	55	26 Jan 2021	13 Jan 2023
WJ Cronje	South Africa	83	26	57	0	26 Feb 1998	27 Mar 2000
SA Edwards	Netherlands	82	0	47	35	19 Jun 2022	4 Jun 2025
LRD Mendis	Sri Lanka	78	18	60	0	19 Mar 1983	30 Oct 1987
AR Border	Australia	78	25	53	0	9 Apr 1987	8 Mar 1990
Asghar Afghan	Afghanistan	78	0	40	38	9 Jul 2015	19 Feb 2018
SP Fleming	New Zealand	77	21	56	0	25 Mar 1999	27 Mar 2001
SM Pollock	South Africa	76	21	55	0	12 Apr 2000	8 Feb 2002
IVA Richards	West Indies	73	19	54	0	9 Mar 1985	12 Mar 1988
SR Tendulkar	India	71	17	54	0	28 Aug 1996	28 Dec 1997
Sarfaraz Ahmed	Pakistan	69	13	31	25	4 Jun 2017	25 Jan 2019
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	68	21	47	0	22 Aug 1999	25 Mar 2001
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	67	15	52	0	21 Feb 1996	24 Jan 1998
SR Waugh	Australia	67	19	48	0	5 Mar 1999	1 Dec 2000
MNM Aslam	Kuwait	65*	0	0	65	23 Feb 2020	13 Apr 2025
Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	62	13	38	11	25 Jun 2007	8 Jun 2009
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	61	14	47	0	8 Apr 2001	27 Nov 2002
RB Richardson	West Indies	60	9	51	0	17 Oct 1991	1 Nov 1993
MA Taylor	Australia	60	18	42	0	14 Apr 1994	17 Mar 1996
DJG Sammy	West Indies	58	15	29	14	15 Oct 2011	13 Feb 2013
PM Seelaar	Netherlands	58	0	20	38	12 Jun 2018	17 Jun 2022
MG Erasmus	Namibia	58	0	36	22	6 Mar 2022	23 Feb 2024
CL Hooper	West Indies	57	22	35	0	9 Mar 2001	9 Nov 2002
Nizakat Khan	Hong Kong	56	0	0	56	11 Jul 2022	9 Sep 2024
AR Border	Australia	55	18	37	0	7 Dec 1984	29 Mar 1986
N Kapil Dev	India	53	15	38	0	22 Mar 1985	17 Jan 1987
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	53	14	24	15	11 Oct 2011	4 Feb 2014
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	51	16	35	0	8 Apr 2001	5 Aug 2002
Ahmed Raza	United Arab Emirates	51	0	26	25	18 Oct 2019	14 Aug 2022
SP Fleming	New Zealand	50	14	36	0	7 Mar 1997	9 Jan 1999
N Hussain	England	50	18	32	0	13 Oct 2001	16 Feb 2003
BRM Taylor	Zimbabwe	50	8	28	14	4 Aug 2011	31 Aug 2013
K Motlhanka	Botswana	50*	0	0	50	19 Aug 2019	13 Dec 2024
KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	49	8	21	20	8 Jun 2009	23 May 2010
WTS Porterfield	Ireland	49	1	35	13	14 Feb 2016	11 May 2018
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	48	16	32	0	15 Aug 1992	20 Feb 1994
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	48	12	36	0	3 Aug 1994	26 Dec 1995
WTS Porterfield	Ireland	48	0	28	20	26 Sep 2010	6 May 2014
AG Cremer	Zimbabwe	48	8	35	5	11 Jun 2016	22 Mar 2018
MA Atherton	England	47	29	18	0	5 Aug 1993	13 Jan 1996
KC Wessels	South Africa	46	10	36	0	26 Feb 1992	2 Jan 1994
MS Dhoni	India	46	10	24	12	26 Feb 2012	30 Jun 2013
Saleem Malik	Pakistan	45	12	33	0	10 Feb 1994	26 Feb 1995
GC Smith	South Africa	45	18	27	0	17 Oct 2003	27 Feb 2005
DL Vettori	New Zealand	45	12	27	6	9 Feb 2008	6 Mar 2009
AR Border	Australia	43	16	27	0	25 Jan 1991	6 Dec 1992
LK Germon	New Zealand	43	12	31	0	18 Oct 1995	6 Feb 1997
SP Fleming	New Zealand	43	9	34	0	24 Apr 2002	9 Nov 2003
A Balbirnie	Ireland	43	0	21	22	7 Jan 2020	8 Jan 2022
Najmul Hossain Shanto	Bangladesh	43	10	9	24	11 Nov 2023	9 Nov 2024
SC Ganguly	India	42	14	28	0	28 Jan 2002	18 Nov 2002
HH Streak	Zimbabwe	42	8	34	0	10 Feb 2003	14 Mar 2004
IM Chappell	Australia	41	30	11	0	12 Feb 1971	28 Aug 1975
GP Howarth	New Zealand	41	9	32	0	21 Dec 1980	17 Mar 1983
Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh	41	12	29	0	10 Dec 2004	30 Jul 2006
Muhammad Waseem	United Arab Emirates	41	0	7	34	17 Aug 2023	4 Oct 2024
Aqib Iqbal	Austria	41*	0	0	41	25 May 2024	24 Aug 2025
JM Brearley	England	40	20	20	0	1 Jun 1978	15 Feb 1980
GS Chappell	Australia	40	16	24	0	27 Nov 1979	7 Feb 1981
A Flower	Zimbabwe	40	12	28	0	10 Nov 1993	6 Mar 1996
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	40	11	22	7	12 May 2011	22 Mar 2012
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	40	0	28	12	3 Mar 2013	13 Mar 2015

* indicates an ongoing sequence

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v South Africa at Mackay, 3rd ODI, Aug 24, 2025 [ODI # 4897]

Austria v Belgium at Latschach, 4th T20I, Aug 24, 2025 [T20I # 3418]

Austria v Belgium at Latschach, 3rd T20I, Aug 24, 2025 [T20I # 3417]