Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for India in Tests

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
V Kohli	2014-2022	68	40	17	0	11	0	2.350	58.82	25	0	16.17	0	70.17
MS Dhoni	2008-2014	60	27	18	0	15	0	1.500	45	30	0	25	0	60
SC Ganguly	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	0	1.610	42.85	26.53	0	30.61	0	61.76
M Azharuddin	1990-1999	47	14	14	0	19	0	1.000	29.78	29.78	0	40.42	0	50
SM Gavaskar	1976-1985	47	9	8	0	30	0	1.120	19.14	17.02	0	63.82	0	52.94
MAK Pataudi	1962-1975	40	9	19	0	12	0	0.470	22.5	47.5	0	30	0	32.14
N Kapil Dev	1983-1987	34	4	7	1	22	0	0.570	11.76	20.58	2.94	64.7	0	37.5
R Dravid	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11	0	1.330	32	24	0	44	0	57.14
SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	25	4	9	0	12	0	0.440	16	36	0	48	0	30.76
RG Sharma	2022-2024	24	12	9	0	3	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
BS Bedi	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	0	0.540	27.27	50	0	22.72	0	35.29
AL Wadekar	1971-1974	16	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
L Amarnath	1947-1952	15	2	6	0	7	0	0.330	13.33	40	0	46.66	0	25
VS Hazare	1951-1953	14	1	5	0	8	0	0.200	7.14	35.71	0	57.14	0	16.66
A Kumble	2007-2008	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.600	21.42	35.71	0	42.85	0	37.5
NJ Contractor	1960-1962	12	2	2	0	8	0	1.000	16.66	16.66	0	66.66	0	50
DB Vengsarkar	1987-1989	10	2	5	0	3	0	0.400	20	50	0	30	0	28.57
Shubman Gill	2025-2025	8	4	3	0	1	0	1.330	50	37.5	0	12.5	0	57.14
PR Umrigar	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
MH Mankad	1955-1959	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	0	16.66	0	83.33	0	0
AM Rahane	2017-2021	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
GS Ramchand	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
S Venkataraghavan	1974-1979	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	0	40	0	60	0	0
DK Gaekwad	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
CK Nayudu	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	0	75	0	25	0	0
V Sehwag	2005-2012	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50	25	0	25	0	66.66
K Srikkanth	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JJ Bumrah	2022-2025	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	0	0	0	33.33
Ghulam Ahmed	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
Nawab of Pataudi	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
KL Rahul	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
Vizianagram	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
GR Viswanath	1980-1980	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
HR Adhikari	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
CG Borde	1967-1967	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RR Pant	2025-2025	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
P Roy	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
RJ Shastri	1988-1988	1	1	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

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]