Individual Most Matches As Captain

India vs other countries Tests Individual - Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1983	20	10	3	0	7	0	3.330	50	15	0	35	0	76.92
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1989	15	4	0	0	11	0	-	26.66	0	0	73.33	0	100
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2013	15	6	5	0	4	0	1.200	40	33.33	0	26.66	0	54.54
AN Cook (ENG)	2012-2016	14	5	6	0	3	0	0.830	35.71	42.85	0	21.42	0	45.45
A Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1999	13	0	5	0	8	0	0.000	0	38.46	0	61.53	0	0
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	13	6	6	0	1	0	1.000	46.15	46.15	0	7.69	0	50
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1992	11	4	0	1	6	0	-	36.36	0	9.09	54.54	0	90
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2010	11	2	6	0	3	0	0.330	18.18	54.54	0	27.27	0	25
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1955	10	1	2	0	7	0	0.500	10	20	0	70	0	33.33
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1978	10	6	3	0	1	0	2.000	60	30	0	10	0	66.66
BA Stokes (ENG)	2022-2025	10	4	5	0	1	0	0.800	40	50	0	10	0	44.44
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2004	10	5	3	0	2	0	1.660	50	30	0	20	0	62.5
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-2003	9	3	1	0	5	0	3.000	33.33	11.11	0	55.55	0	75
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2023	9	3	2	0	4	0	1.500	33.33	22.22	0	44.44	0	60
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2011-2014	8	5	3	0	0	0	1.660	62.5	37.5	0	0	0	62.5
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-2000	8	5	2	0	1	0	2.500	62.5	25	0	12.5	0	71.42
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2023-2025	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
CL Hooper (WI)	2002-2002	8	2	3	0	3	0	0.660	25	37.5	0	37.5	0	40
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2004-2006	8	2	3	0	3	0	0.660	25	37.5	0	37.5	0	40
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2021	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
IVA Richards (WI)	1987-1989	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.000	50	12.5	0	37.5	0	80
DJG Sammy (WI)	2011-2013	8	0	5	0	3	0	0.000	0	62.5	0	37.5	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1966-1971	8	2	1	0	5	0	2.000	25	12.5	0	62.5	0	66.66
JO Holder (WI)	2016-2019	7	0	5	0	2	0	0.000	0	71.42	0	28.57	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2002	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
WM Lawry (AUS)	1968-1969	7	5	1	0	1	0	5.000	71.42	14.28	0	14.28	0	83.33
CA Walsh (WI)	1994-1997	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.000	14.28	14.28	0	71.42	0	50
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1980	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1968-1969	6	2	3	0	1	0	0.660	33.33	50	0	16.66	0	40
F du Plessis (SA)	2018-2019	6	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1981-1982	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1986	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
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
LRD Mendis (SL)	1985-1987	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	0	50	0	33.33
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2009-2010	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
GM Turner (NZ)	1976-1976	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
DL Vettori (NZ)	2009-2010	6	0	2	0	4	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2016-2021	6	3	2	0	1	0	1.500	50	33.33	0	16.66	0	60
JG Wright (NZ)	1988-1990	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
DG Bradman (AUS)	1947-1948	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	20	0	100
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1980	5	2	0	0	3	0	-	40	0	0	60	0	100
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2017-2017	5	0	3	0	2	0	0.000	0	60	0	40	0	0
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	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1949	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1993	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AW Greig (ENG)	1976-1977	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	20	0	75
BC Lara (WI)	1997-2006	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
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1964	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1953-1953	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
FMM Worrell (WI)	1962-1962	5	5	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1983-1984	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
HM Amla (SA)	2015-2015	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
D Elgar (SA)	2021-2024	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2004-2007	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
L Hutton (ENG)	1952-1952	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	0	100
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1934	4	3	0	0	1	0	-	75	0	0	25	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
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2010-2022	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2011-2011	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2001	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1998	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.330	25	75	0	0	0	25
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1993	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
GOB Allen (ENG)	1936-1936	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
MS Atapattu (SL)	2005-2005	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2018-2023	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1981-1981	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
DB Close (ENG)	1967-1967	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1974	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
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
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2004	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
WR Hammond (ENG)	1946-1946	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
GP Howarth (NZ)	1981-1981	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1971	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2001-2001	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2008-2008	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
AD Mathews (SL)	2015-2015	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	3	3	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	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
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2007-2007	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1999-1999	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1982	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
Younis Khan (PAK)	2006-2007	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	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
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1993	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]