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	%
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2014	108	53	28	0	27	0	1.890	49.07	25.92	-	25.00	-	65.43
V Kohli (IND)	2014-2022	68	40	17	0	11	0	2.350	58.82	25.00	-	16.17	-	70.17
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2014	60	27	18	0	15	0	1.500	45.00	30.00	-	25.00	-	60.00
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	0	2.450	50.94	20.75	-	28.30	-	71.05
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	0	1.610	42.85	26.53	-	30.61	-	61.76
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	47	14	14	0	19	0	1.000	29.78	29.78	-	40.42	-	50.00
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1985	47	9	8	0	30	0	1.120	19.14	17.02	-	63.82	-	52.94
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1962-1975	40	9	19	0	12	0	0.470	22.50	47.50	-	30.00	-	32.14
F du Plessis (SA)	2016-2020	36	18	15	0	3	0	1.200	50.00	41.66	-	8.33	-	54.54
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1987	34	4	7	1	22	0	0.570	11.76	20.58	2.94	64.70	-	37.50
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2003	26	14	5	0	7	0	2.800	53.84	19.23	-	26.92	-	73.68
R Dravid (IND)	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11	0	1.330	32.00	24.00	-	44.00	-	57.14
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2000	25	4	9	0	12	0	0.440	16.00	36.00	-	48.00	-	30.76
RG Sharma (IND)	2022-2024	24	12	9	0	3	0	1.330	50.00	37.50	-	12.50	-	57.14
BS Bedi (IND)	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	0	0.540	27.27	50.00	-	22.72	-	35.29
D Elgar (SA)	2017-2024	18	9	8	0	1	0	1.120	50.00	44.44	-	5.55	-	52.94
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1924	18	1	10	0	7	0	0.100	5.55	55.55	-	38.88	-	9.09
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	16	5	3	0	8	0	1.660	31.25	18.75	-	50.00	-	62.50
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1952	15	2	6	0	7	0	0.330	13.33	40.00	-	46.66	-	25.00
JE Cheetham (SA)	1952-1955	15	7	5	0	3	0	1.400	46.66	33.33	-	20.00	-	58.33
AD Nourse (SA)	1948-1951	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.110	6.66	60.00	-	33.33	-	10.00
HM Amla (SA)	2014-2016	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	-	42.85	-	50.00
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	14	1	5	0	8	0	0.200	7.14	35.71	-	57.14	-	16.66
A Kumble (IND)	2007-2008	14	3	5	0	6	0	0.600	21.42	35.71	-	42.85	-	37.50
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1962	14	4	6	0	4	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	-	28.57	-	40.00
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1965	13	1	2	0	10	0	0.500	7.69	15.38	-	76.92	-	33.33
PW Sherwell (SA)	1906-1911	13	5	6	0	2	0	0.830	38.46	46.15	-	15.38	-	45.45
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1962	12	2	2	0	8	0	1.000	16.66	16.66	-	66.66	-	50.00
HG Deane (SA)	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.500	16.66	33.33	-	50.00	-	33.33
T Bavuma (SA)	2023-2025	10	9	0	0	1	0	-	90.00	-	-	10.00	-	100.00
A Melville (SA)	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	0.000	-	40.00	-	60.00	-	-
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1987-1989	10	2	5	0	3	0	0.400	20.00	50.00	-	30.00	-	28.57
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	10	1	4	0	5	0	0.250	10.00	40.00	-	50.00	-	20.00
HB Cameron (SA)	1931-1932	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.400	22.22	55.55	-	22.22	-	28.57
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	25.00	25.00	-	50.00	-	50.00
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1967	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.000	50.00	12.50	-	37.50	-	80.00
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25.00	50.00	-	25.00	-	33.33
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1959	6	0	1	0	5	0	0.000	-	16.66	-	83.33	-	-
AM Rahane (IND)	2017-2021	6	4	0	0	2	0	-	66.66	-	-	33.33	-	100.00
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	0	0.500	20.00	40.00	-	40.00	-	33.33
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	5	2	2	0	1	0	1.000	40.00	40.00	-	20.00	-	50.00
SJ Snooke (SA)	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1974-1979	5	0	2	0	3	0	0.000	-	40.00	-	60.00	-	-
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
MV Boucher (SA)	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
Q de Kock (SA)	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
CK Nayudu (IND)	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0.000	-	75.00	-	25.00	-	-
V Sehwag (IND)	2005-2012	4	2	1	0	1	0	2.000	50.00	25.00	-	25.00	-	66.66
K Srikkanth (IND)	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2025	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.500	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
AB de Villiers (SA)	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
EA Halliwell (SA)	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
F Mitchell (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
Nawab of Pataudi (IND)	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	-	33.33	-	66.66	-	-
KL Rahul (IND)	2022-2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	-	-	-	66.66
LJ Tancred (SA)	1912-1912	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
Vizianagram (IND)	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0.000	-	66.66	-	33.33	-	-
M Bisset (SA)	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50.00	50.00	-	-	-	50.00
AK Markram (SA)	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1980	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	-	50.00	-	50.00	-	-
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
JH Anderson (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
CG Borde (IND)	1967-1967	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
OR Dunell (SA)	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
PWA Mulder (SA)	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
EP Nupen (SA)	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
AR Richards (SA)	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1988-1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
HM Taberer (SA)	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	-	-	-	100.00	-	-

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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:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]