Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for India in FC

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
V Kohli (IND)	2014-2022	68	40	17	0	11	0	2.350	58.82	25	0	16.17	0	70.17
MS Dhoni (IND/INDIA)	2007-2014	62	27	18	0	17	0	1.500	43.54	29.03	0	27.41	0	60
SC Ganguly (IND/INDIA)	1999-2005	61	25	13	0	23	0	1.920	40.98	21.31	0	37.7	0	65.78
M Azharuddin (IND/INDIA)	1990-1999	58	14	16	0	28	0	0.870	24.13	27.58	0	48.27	0	46.66
MAK Pataudi (IND/INDIA)	1962-1975	53	10	23	0	20	0	0.430	18.86	43.39	0	37.73	0	30.3
SM Gavaskar (IND/INDIA)	1976-1985	48	9	8	0	31	0	1.120	18.75	16.66	0	64.58	0	52.94
AL Wadekar (IND/INDIA)	1971-1974	40	11	5	0	24	0	2.200	27.5	12.5	0	60	0	68.75
VS Hazare (IND/INDIA)	1949-1953	39	7	7	0	25	0	1.000	17.94	17.94	0	64.1	0	50
N Kapil Dev (IND/INDIA)	1983-1987	37	4	7	1	25	0	0.570	10.81	18.91	2.7	67.56	0	37.5
SR Tendulkar (IND/INDIA)	1996-2007	30	4	10	0	16	0	0.400	13.33	33.33	0	53.33	0	28.57
R Dravid (IND/INDIA)	2001-2007	29	8	7	0	14	0	1.140	27.58	24.13	0	48.27	0	53.33
L Amarnath (IND/INDIA)	1946-1952	25	4	9	0	12	0	0.440	16	36	0	48	0	30.76
RG Sharma (IND/INDIA)	2021-2024	25	12	9	0	4	0	1.330	48	36	0	16	0	57.14
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	0	0.540	27.27	50	0	22.72	0	35.29
DK Gaekwad (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	22	4	8	0	10	0	0.500	18.18	36.36	0	45.45	0	33.33
Nawab of Pataudi (IND/INDIA)	1946-1946	18	5	4	0	9	0	1.250	27.77	22.22	0	50	0	55.55
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2008	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.600	21.42	35.71	0	42.85	0	37.5
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1962	12	2	2	0	8	0	1.000	16.66	16.66	0	66.66	0	50
VM Merchant (IND/INDIA)	1946-1949	12	6	1	0	5	0	6.000	50	8.33	0	41.66	0	85.71
S Venkataraghavan (IND/INDIA)	1971-1979	12	3	2	0	7	0	1.500	25	16.66	0	58.33	0	60
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1987-1989	10	2	5	0	3	0	0.400	20	50	0	30	0	28.57
AM Rahane (IND/INDIA)	2017-2021	8	4	0	0	4	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
P Roy (INDIA)	1959-1959	8	2	1	0	5	0	2.000	25	12.5	0	62.5	0	66.66
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
RJ Shastri (IND/INDIA)	1986-1990	7	2	0	0	5	0	-	28.57	0	0	71.42	0	100
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1959	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
HR Adhikari (IND/INDIA)	1952-1959	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2005-2012	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
K Srikkanth (IND)	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
GR Viswanath (IND/INDIA)	1980-1980	4	0	2	0	2	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
CG Borde (IND/INDIA)	1967-1967	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2025	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
VVS Laxman (INDIA)	2002-2006	3	1	0	0	2	0	-	33.33	0	0	66.66	0	100
KL Rahul (IND)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Vizianagram (IND)	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
P Roy (IND/INDIA)	1959-1959	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
M Amarnath (INDIA)	1986-1986	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
G Gambhir (INDIA)	2011-2011	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AG Kripal Singh (INDIA)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar (INDIA)	1990-1990	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
RR Pant (IND)	2025-2025	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]