Test Matches Records

Individual Most Matches As Captain IN India

Most matches as captain for India in Tests IN India

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
V Kohli	2015-2021	31	24	2	0	5	0	12.000	77.41	6.45	0	16.12	0	92.3
MS Dhoni	2008-2013	30	21	3	0	6	0	7.000	70	10	0	20	0	87.5
SM Gavaskar	1978-1985	29	7	2	0	20	0	3.500	24.13	6.89	0	68.96	0	77.77
MAK Pataudi	1964-1975	27	6	9	0	12	0	0.660	22.22	33.33	0	44.44	0	40
SC Ganguly	2000-2005	21	10	3	0	8	0	3.330	47.61	14.28	0	38.09	0	76.92
M Azharuddin	1990-1999	20	13	4	0	3	0	3.250	65	20	0	15	0	76.47
N Kapil Dev	1983-1987	20	2	4	1	13	0	0.500	10	20	5	65	0	35.71
RG Sharma	2022-2024	16	10	5	0	1	0	2.000	62.5	31.25	0	6.25	0	66.66
SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	12	4	3	0	5	0	1.330	33.33	25	0	41.66	0	57.14
L Amarnath	1948-1952	10	2	2	0	6	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
NJ Contractor	1960-1962	10	2	0	0	8	0	-	20	0	0	80	0	100
BS Bedi	1976-1977	8	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	37.5	37.5	0	25	0	50
R Dravid	2003-2006	8	3	2	0	3	0	1.500	37.5	25	0	37.5	0	60
PR Umrigar	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
A Kumble	2007-2008	7	1	1	0	5	0	1.000	14.28	14.28	0	71.42	0	50
DB Vengsarkar	1987-1988	6	2	2	0	2	0	1.000	33.33	33.33	0	33.33	0	50
VS Hazare	1951-1952	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.000	20	20	0	60	0	50
GS Ramchand	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20	40	0	40	0	33.33
AL Wadekar	1972-1973	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	40	0	66.66
Ghulam Ahmed	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
CK Nayudu	1933-1934	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	0	66.66	0	33.33	0	0
AM Rahane	2017-2021	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
Shubman Gill	2025-2025	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	0	0	66.66
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	-
MH Mankad	1959-1959	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
V Sehwag	2005-2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
RJ Shastri	1988-1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
S Venkataraghavan	1974-1974	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]