Most matches as captain

Most matches as captain in ODIs

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	2002-2012	230	165	51	2	0	12	3.230	71.73	22.17	0.86	0	5.21	76.14
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2007	218	98	106	1	0	13	0.920	44.95	48.62	0.45	0	5.96	48.04
MS Dhoni (IND)	2007-2018	200	110	74	5	0	11	1.480	55	37	2.5	0	5.5	59.52
A Ranatunga (SL)	1988-1999	193	89	95	1	0	8	0.930	46.11	49.22	0.51	0	4.14	48.37
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1994	178	107	67	1	0	3	1.590	60.11	37.64	0.56	0	1.68	61.42
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	174	90	76	2	0	6	1.180	51.72	43.67	1.14	0	3.44	54.16
GC Smith (Afr/SA)	2003-2011	150	92	51	1	0	6	1.800	61.33	34	0.66	0	4	64.23
SC Ganguly (Asia/IND)	1999-2005	147	76	66	0	0	5	1.150	51.7	44.89	0	0	3.4	53.52
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1992	139	75	59	1	0	4	1.270	53.95	42.44	0.71	0	2.87	55.92
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	138	99	35	1	0	3	2.820	71.73	25.36	0.72	0	2.17	73.7
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	2004-2013	129	71	49	1	0	8	1.440	55.03	37.98	0.77	0	6.2	59.09
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2022	126	76	40	2	0	8	1.900	60.31	31.74	1.58	0	6.34	65.25
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2007	125	59	59	0	0	7	1.000	47.2	47.2	0	0	5.6	50
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-2003	118	66	47	2	0	3	1.400	55.93	39.83	1.69	0	2.54	58.26
WTS Porterfield (IRE)	2008-2019	113	50	55	2	0	6	0.900	44.24	48.67	1.76	0	5.3	47.66
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2000	109	66	41	2	0	0	1.600	60.55	37.61	1.83	0	0	61.46
AD Mathews (SL)	2012-2018	106	49	51	1	0	5	0.960	46.22	48.11	0.94	0	4.71	49
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-2002	106	67	35	3	0	1	1.910	63.2	33.01	2.83	0	0.94	65.23
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	105	67	36	0	0	2	1.860	63.8	34.28	0	0	1.9	65.04
AB de Villiers (SA)	2012-2017	103	59	39	1	0	4	1.510	57.28	37.86	0.97	0	3.88	60.1
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	2000-2005	97	60	33	3	0	1	1.810	61.85	34.02	3.09	0	1.03	64.06
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2021	95	65	27	1	0	2	2.400	68.42	28.42	1.05	0	2.1	70.43
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2023	91	46	40	1	0	4	1.150	50.54	43.95	1.09	0	4.39	53.44
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK)	2002-2007	90	52	34	0	0	4	1.520	57.77	37.77	0	0	4.44	60.46
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2010-2020	88	50	36	0	0	2	1.380	56.81	40.9	0	0	2.27	58.13
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2008-2015	87	45	39	2	0	1	1.150	51.72	44.82	2.29	0	1.14	53.48
RB Richardson (WI)	1991-1996	87	46	36	3	0	2	1.270	52.87	41.37	3.44	0	2.29	55.88
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-2002	86	30	52	2	0	2	0.570	34.88	60.46	2.32	0	2.32	36.9
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2019	86	24	54	2	0	6	0.440	27.9	62.79	2.32	0	6.97	31.25
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1985	84	64	18	1	0	1	3.550	76.19	21.42	1.19	0	1.19	77.71
DL Vettori (NZ)	2004-2011	82	41	33	1	0	7	1.240	50	40.24	1.21	0	8.53	55.33
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2007	79	42	33	0	0	4	1.270	53.16	41.77	0	0	5.06	56
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2015	74	50	21	0	0	3	2.380	67.56	28.37	0	0	4.05	70.42
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1987	74	39	33	0	0	2	1.180	52.7	44.59	0	0	2.7	54.16
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	73	23	43	1	0	6	0.530	31.5	58.9	1.36	0	8.21	35.07
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	2001-2011	73	27	44	0	0	2	0.610	36.98	60.27	0	0	2.73	38.02
AN Cook (ENG)	2010-2014	69	36	30	1	0	2	1.200	52.17	43.47	1.44	0	2.89	54.47
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2004-2007	69	29	40	0	0	0	0.720	42.02	57.97	0	0	0	42.02
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2004	68	18	47	0	0	3	0.380	26.47	69.11	0	0	4.41	27.69
P Utseya (ZIM)	2006-2010	68	20	47	1	0	0	0.420	29.41	69.11	1.47	0	0	30.14
MA Taylor (AUS)	1992-1997	67	36	30	1	0	0	1.200	53.73	44.77	1.49	0	0	54.47
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2025	64	32	28	0	0	4	1.140	50	43.75	0	0	6.25	53.33
A Vala (PNG)	2016-2023	64	12	51	1	0	0	0.230	18.75	79.68	1.56	0	0	19.53
MS Atapattu (SL)	2001-2006	63	35	27	0	0	1	1.290	55.55	42.85	0	0	1.58	56.45
MG Erasmus (NAM)	2019-2025	63	31	30	1	0	1	1.030	49.2	47.61	1.58	0	1.58	50.8
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2010-2016	62	18	44	0	0	0	0.400	29.03	70.96	0	0	0	29.03
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1993	62	26	33	1	0	2	0.780	41.93	53.22	1.61	0	3.22	44.16
BB McCullum (NZ)	2009-2016	62	36	22	1	0	3	1.630	58.06	35.48	1.61	0	4.83	61.86
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2023	62	27	34	0	0	1	0.790	43.54	54.83	0	0	1.61	44.26
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2011	62	27	33	1	0	1	0.810	43.54	53.22	1.61	0	1.61	45.08
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	62	37	23	0	0	2	1.600	59.67	37.09	0	0	3.22	61.66
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1987	61	11	46	0	0	4	0.230	18.03	75.4	0	0	6.55	19.29
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	60	31	26	0	0	3	1.190	51.66	43.33	0	0	5	54.38
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2007	60	32	22	2	0	4	1.450	53.33	36.66	3.33	0	6.66	58.92
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2015-2021	59	34	21	1	0	3	1.610	57.62	35.59	1.69	0	5.08	61.6
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-2003	56	28	27	0	0	1	1.030	50	48.21	0	0	1.78	50.9
RG Sharma (IND)	2017-2025	56	42	12	1	0	1	3.500	75	21.42	1.78	0	1.78	77.27
AJ Finch (AUS)	2017-2022	55	31	24	0	0	0	1.290	56.36	43.63	0	0	0	56.36
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2010	53	17	30	0	0	6	0.560	32.07	56.6	0	0	11.32	36.17
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-2000	52	12	35	2	0	3	0.340	23.07	67.3	3.84	0	5.76	26.53
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)	2022-2025	52	27	22	0	0	3	1.220	51.92	42.3	0	0	5.76	55.1
MD Patel (USA)	2022-2025	52	31	18	3	0	0	1.720	59.61	34.61	5.76	0	0	62.5
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	52	20	30	0	0	2	0.660	38.46	57.69	0	0	3.84	40
RK Paudel (NEP)	2022-2025	51	25	24	0	0	2	1.040	49.01	47.05	0	0	3.92	51.02
DJG Sammy (WI)	2010-2013	51	19	30	1	0	1	0.630	37.25	58.82	1.96	0	1.96	39
GA Gooch (ENG)	1988-1993	50	24	23	0	0	3	1.040	48	46	0	0	6	51.06
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2015-2019	50	28	20	0	0	2	1.400	56	40	0	0	4	58.33
T Bavuma (SA)	2021-2025	49	26	22	0	0	1	1.180	53.06	44.89	0	0	2.04	54.16
GS Chappell (AUS)	1975-1983	49	21	25	0	0	3	0.840	42.85	51.02	0	0	6.12	45.65
SA Edwards (NED)	2022-2025	49	20	27	1	0	1	0.740	40.81	55.1	2.04	0	2.04	42.7
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-2003	49	23	24	0	0	2	0.950	46.93	48.97	0	0	4.08	48.93
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1984	49	21	23	1	0	4	0.910	42.85	46.93	2.04	0	8.16	47.77
JC Buttler (ENG)	2016-2025	45	18	26	0	0	1	0.690	40	57.77	0	0	2.22	40.9
KJ Coetzer (SCOT)	2013-2022	45	26	17	1	0	1	1.520	57.77	37.77	2.22	0	2.22	60.22
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2011	45	27	14	0	0	4	1.920	60	31.11	0	0	8.88	65.85
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1993	44	21	22	0	0	1	0.950	47.72	50	0	0	2.27	48.83
SD Hope (WI)	2023-2025	44	18	23	2	0	1	0.780	40.9	52.27	4.54	0	2.27	44.18
TWM Latham (NZ)	2017-2023	44	28	15	0	0	1	1.860	63.63	34.09	0	0	2.27	65.11
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1997	43	20	21	1	0	1	0.950	46.51	48.83	2.32	0	2.32	48.8
Babar Azam (PAK)	2020-2023	43	26	15	1	0	1	1.730	60.46	34.88	2.32	0	2.32	63.09
RD Berrington (SCOT)	2018-2025	43	26	15	0	0	2	1.730	60.46	34.88	0	0	4.65	63.41
CA Walsh (WI)	1994-1997	43	22	20	0	0	1	1.100	51.16	46.51	0	0	2.32	52.38
Zeeshan Maqsood (OMA)	2019-2023	42	22	18	1	0	1	1.220	52.38	42.85	2.38	0	2.38	54.87
MD Shanaka (SL)	2021-2023	41	23	17	0	0	1	1.350	56.09	41.46	0	0	2.43	57.5
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2007-2019	41	25	16	0	0	0	1.560	60.97	39.02	0	0	0	60.97
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-2003	41	15	25	0	0	1	0.600	36.58	60.97	0	0	2.43	37.5
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2019	39	28	10	0	0	1	2.800	71.79	25.64	0	0	2.56	73.68
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2007-2009	38	8	30	0	0	0	0.260	21.05	78.94	0	0	0	21.05
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2009-2014	38	19	18	0	0	1	1.050	50	47.36	0	0	2.63	51.35
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2020-2023	37	8	25	0	0	4	0.320	21.62	67.56	0	0	10.81	24.24
DJ Bravo (WI)	2007-2014	37	17	18	2	0	0	0.940	45.94	48.64	5.4	0	0	48.64
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1988	37	26	11	0	0	0	2.360	70.27	29.72	0	0	0	70.27
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1985	37	14	21	0	0	2	0.660	37.83	56.75	0	0	5.4	40
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2011-2014	37	11	24	0	0	2	0.450	29.72	64.86	0	0	5.4	31.42
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1993-1995	37	10	24	1	0	2	0.410	27.02	64.86	2.7	0	5.4	30
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2019-2023	37	21	14	0	0	2	1.500	56.75	37.83	0	0	5.4	60
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2011-2021	37	9	28	0	0	0	0.320	24.32	75.67	0	0	0	24.32
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1997	36	15	19	2	0	0	0.780	41.66	52.77	5.55	0	0	44.44
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2016-2018	35	12	20	2	0	1	0.600	34.28	57.14	5.71	0	2.85	38.23
Moin Khan (PAK)	1995-2001	34	20	14	0	0	0	1.420	58.82	41.17	0	0	0	58.82

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]