List of India national cricket captains explained

This is the list of captains of Indian cricket team who have lead the team in at least one international cricket match. A captain is the appointed leader of the team, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players. As in other sports, the captain is usually experienced and has good communication skills and is likely to be one of the most regular members of the team, as the captain is responsible for the team selection. Before the starting of the game in cricket, the captains toss which decides which team will bat first. During the match the captain decides the team's batting order, who will bowl each over, and where each fielder will be positioned.[1] [2]

Post:Captain
Body:Indian Cricket Team
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Official Crest/Logo of BCCI
Flag:File:Flag of India.svg
Flagsize:125px
Flagcaption:Official Flag of India
Incumbent:Top: Rohit Sharma (Men's team: Test and ODI) and Suryakumar Yadav (Men's Team: T20I)
Bottom: Harmanpreet Kaur
(Women's team - All formats)
Incumbentsince:men's Team ODI: 2017 and Test: February 2022; T20I: 23 November 2023
women's Team All Formats; 2012/13 Respectively
Department:Board of Control for Cricket in India
Type:Captain of the National Cricket Team
Reports To:Board of Control for Cricket in India
Appointer:Board of Control for Cricket in India
Termlength:Not Specified
Inaugural:Men's National Captains Women's National Captains
Deputy:Vice Captain of Indian Cricket Team

Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by the English in the 17th and 18th centuries.[3] Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India.[4] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council.[5] [6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams.

On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's.[7] Nayudu led India in the first international cricket match held in India on 15 December 1933 when Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only match during England's tour of India.[8] [9] Vijay Hazare led India to its first win in fifth test of home series against England on 10 February 1952 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.[10] [11] Ajit Wadekar led India in its first ever ODI on 13 July 1974 at Leeds against England.[12] On 1 December 2006, Virender Sehwag captained India in its first T20 International against South Africa at Johannesberg.[13]

Shantha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first women's test match against West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore on 31 October 1976.[14] Diana Edulji led India in its first WODI during the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup against England on 1 January 1978 at Eden Gardens in Calcutta.[15] Mithali Raj captained India in the first WT20I on 5 August 2006 against England at Derby.[16]

Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain for the first youth test for India U-19 team against Pakistan U-19 which began on 20 January 1979 at Wankhede Stadium in Bombay while Ravi Shastri captained India U-19 in the first youth ODI in 1981 against England U-19.[17] [18]

Harmanpreet Kaur is current captain of the women's team in all formats and Rohit Sharma is current captain of men's team in Tests and ODIs.

Men's

Test

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Test match. A dagger (†) indicates that the player captained at least one Test in the series as a stand-in for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a proportion in a series.

36 players have captained India in men's test matches, of which Virat Kohli is the most successful with 40 wins.

Last updated:18 February 2024[19]

Indian Test match captains[20]
NumberImageNameSeason Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn/TiedWin %
1C. K. Nayudu1932 England 1 0 1 0
1933–34 India 3 0 2 1
Total 4 0 3 10.00
21936 England 3 0 2 1
Total 3 0 2 10.00
31946 England 3 0 1 2
Total 3 0 1 20.00
4Lala Amarnath1947–48 Australia 5 0 4 1
1948–49 India 5 0 1 4
1952–53 India 5 2 1 2
Total 15 2 6 713.33
5Vijay Hazare1951–52 India 5 1 1 3
1952 England 4 0 3 1
1952–53 West Indies 5 0 1 4
Total 14 1 5 87.14
6Vinoo Mankad1954–55 Pakistan 5 0 0 5
1958–59† India 1 0 1 0
Total 6 0 1 50.00
7Ghulam Ahmed1955–56† India 1 0 0 1
1958–59 India 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 2 10.00
8Polly Umrigar1955–56 India 4 2 0 2
1956–57 India 3 0 2 1
1958–59† India1 0 0 1
Total 8 2 2 425.00
91958–59† India 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 10.00
101959 England 4 0 4 0
Total 4 0 4 00.00
111959† England 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 00.00
121959–60 India 5 1 2 2
Total 5 1 2 220.00
13Nari Contractor1960–61 India 5 0 0 5
1961–62 India 5 2 0 3
1961–62† West Indies 2 0 2 0
Total 12 2 2 816.67
14Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi1961–62 West Indies 3 0 3 0
1963–64 India 5 0 0 5
1964–65 India 3 1 1 1
1964–65 India 4 1 0 3
1966–67 India 3 0 2 1
1967 England 3 0 3 0
1967–68 Australia 3 0 3 0
1967–68 New Zealand 4 3 1 0
1969–70 India 3 1 1 1
1969–70 India 5 1 3 1
1974–75 India 4 2 2 0
Total 40 9 19 1222.50
151967–68† Australia 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 00.00
16Ajit Wadekar1970–71 West Indies 5 1 0 4
1971 England 3 1 0 2
1972–73 India 5 2 1 2
1974 England 3 0 3 0
Total 16 4 4 825.00
17Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan1974–75† India 1 0 1 0
1979 England 4 0 1 3
Total 5 0 2 30.00
18Sunil Gavaskar1975–76† New Zealand 1 1 0 0
1978–79 India 6 1 0 5
1979–80 India 6 2 0 4
1979–80 India 5 2 0 3
1980–81 Australia 3 1 1 1
1980–81 New Zealand 3 0 1 2
1981–82 India 6 1 0 5
1982 England 3 0 1 2
1982–83 India 1 0 0 1
1982–83 Pakistan 6 0 3 3
1984–85 Pakistan 2 0 0 2
1984–85 India 5 1 2 2
Total47 9 8 3019.14
19Bishan Singh Bedi1975–76 New Zealand 2 0 1 1
1975–76 West Indies 4 1 2 1
1976–77 India 3 2 0 1
1976–77 India 5 1 3 1
1977–78 Australia 5 2 3 0
1978–79 Pakistan 3 0 2 1
Total 22 6 11 527.27
20Gundappa Viswanath1979–80† India 1 0 0 1
1979–80 India 1 0 1 0
Total 2 0 1 10.00
21Kapil Dev1982–83 West Indies 5 0 2 3
1983–84 India 3 0 0 3
1983–84 India 6 0 3 3
1985 Sri Lanka 3 0 1 2
1985–86 Australia 3 0 0 3
1986 England 3 2 0 1
1986–87 India 3 0 0 2
1986–87 India 3 2 0 1
1986–87 India 5 0 1 4
Total 34 4 7 2311.76
22Dilip Vengsarkar1987–88 India 3 0 1 2
1988–89 India 3 2 1 0
1988–89 West Indies 4 0 3 1
Total 10 2 5 320.00
231987–88† India 1 1 00
Total 1 1 0 0100.00
241989–90 Pakistan 4 0 0 4
Total 4 0 0 40.00
25Mohammad Azharuddin1989–90 New Zealand 3 012
1990 England 3 012
1990–91 India 1 1 0 0
1991–92 Australia 5 041
1992–93 Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1
1992–93 South Africa 4 0 1 3
1992–93 India 3 3 0 0
1992–93 India 1 1 0 0
1993 Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2
1993–94 India 3 3 0 0
1993–94 New Zealand 1 001
1994–95 India 3 111
1995–96 India 3 10 2
1996 England 3 0 1 2
1997–98 India 3 2 1 0
1998–99 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
1998–99 New Zealand 2 0 1 1
1998–99 India 2 1 1 0
1998–99 India 1 0 1 0
1998–99 Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1
Total 47 14141929.79
26Sachin Tendulkar1996–97 India 1 1 0 0
1996–97 India 3 2 1 0
1996–97 South Africa 3 0 2 1
1996–97 West Indies 5 0 1 4
1997 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
1997–98 India 3 0 0 3
1999–2000 India 3 1 0 2
1999–2000 Australia 3 0 3 0
1999–2000 India 2 0 2 0
Total 25 4 9 1216.00
27Sourav Ganguly2000–01 Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2000–01 India 2 1 0 1
2000–01 India 3 2 1 0
2001 Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
2001 Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0
2001–02 South Africa 2 0 1 1
2001–02 India 3 1 0 2
2001–02 India 2 2 0 0
2001–02 West Indies 5 1 2 2
2002 England 4 1 1 2
2002–03 India 3 2 0 1
2002–03 New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2003–04 India 1 0 0 1
2003–04 Australia 4 1 1 2
2003–04 Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2004–05 India 2 0 1 1
2004–05 India 2 1 0 1
2004–05 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2004–05 India 3 1 1 1
2005–06 Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
Total 49 21 13 1542.86
28Rahul Dravid2003–04† India 1 0 0 1
2003–04† Pakistan 2 1 1 0
2004–05† India 2 1 1 0
2005–06 India 2 1 0 1
2005–06 Pakistan 3 0 1 2
2005–06 India 3 1 1 1
2005–06 West Indies 4 1 0 3
2006–07 South Africa 3 1 2 0
2007 Bangladesh 2 10 1
2007 England 3 1 0 2
Total 25 8 6 1132.00
292005–06† India 1 1 0 0
2009† New Zealand 1 0 0 1
2010† Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2012† Australia 1 0 1 0
Total 4 2 1 150.00
30Anil Kumble2007 India 3 1 0 2
2007–08 Australia 4 1 2 1
2008 India 2 0 1 1
2008 Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0
2008 India 2 0 0 2
Total 14 3 5 621.42
312008† India 1 1 0 0
2008† India 2 2 0 0
2008 India 2 1 0 1
2009 New Zealand 2 1 0 1
2009 India 3 2 0 1
2010 Bangladesh 1 10 0
2010 India 2 1 1 0
2010 Sri Lanka 3 11 1
2010 India 2 20 0
2010 India 3 10 2
2010 South Africa 3 1 1 1
2011 West Indies 3 1 0 2
2011 England 4 0 4 0
2011 India 3 2 0 1
2011–12 Australia 30 30
2012 India 2 2 0 0
2012–13 India 4 1 2 1
2012–13 India 4 4 0 0
2013–14 India2 2 0 0
2013–14 South Africa 2 0 1 1
2013–14 New Zealand 2 0 1 1
2014 England 5 1 3 1
2014–15 Australia 2 0 1 1
Total 60 27 18 1545.00
32Virat Kohli2014–15Australia 2 0 1 1
Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0
India 4 3 0 1
West Indies 4 2 0 2
India 3 3 0 0
India 5 4 0 1
India 1 1 0 0
India 3 1 1 1
Sri Lanka 3 3 0 0
India 3 1 0 2
South Africa 3 1 2 0
England 5 1 4 0
India 2 2 0 0
Australia 4 2 1 1
West Indies 2 2 0 0
India 3 3 0 0
India 2 2 0 0
New Zealand 2 0 2 0
Australia 1 0 1 0
India 4 3 1 0
England 1 0 1 0
England 4 2 1 1
India 1 1 0 0
South Africa 2 1 1 0
Total 68 40 17 1158.82
33Ajinkya Rahane2017India 1 1 0 0
India 1 1 0 0
2020–21Australia 3 2 0 1
2021India 1 0 0 1
Total 6 4 0 266.67
342021–22South Africa 1 0 1 0
Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
Total 3 2 1 066.67
35Rohit SharmaIndia 2 2 0 0
AustraliaIndia 4 2 1 1
AustraliaEngland 1 0 1 0
West Indies 2 1 0 1
South Africa 2 1 1 0
India 5 4 1 0
Total 16104 262.50
362022England 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 00.00
Total 579 178 178 223 30.74

ODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one ODI. 27 players have captained the Indian men's team in ODIs of which MS Dhoni is the most successful captain of men's cricket team with 110 wins. Kapil Dev captained India to win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the first ever ICC trophy and later, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.[21] [22]

Last updated:21 December 2023[23]

NumberImageNameSpanMatchesWonLostTiedNo resultWin %
1Ajit Wadekar1974202000.00
2Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan1975–797160014.28
3Bishen Singh Bedi1975–784130025.00
4Sunil Gavaskar1980–853714210237.83
5Gundappa Viswanath1980101000.00
6Kapil Dev1982–927439330252.70
7Syed Kirmani1983101000.00
8Mohinder Amarnath1984100010.00
9Ravi Shastri1986–9111470036.36
10Dilip Vengsarkar1987–88188100044.44
11Krishnamachari Srikkanth198913480130.76
12 Mohammad Azharuddin1989–9917490762651.72
13Sachin Tendulkar1996–997323431631.50
14Ajay Jadeja1998–9913850061.53
15Sourav Ganguly1999–200514676650552.05
16Rahul Dravid2000–077942330453.16
17Anil Kumble200211000100.00
18Virender Sehwag2003–201112750058.33
19Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–182001107451155.00
20Suresh Raina2010-201412650150.50
21Gautam Gambhir2010–1166000100.00
22Virat Kohli2013–219565271268.42
23Ajinkya Rahane201533000100.00
24Rohit Sharma2017–present4834121170.83
25Shikhar Dhawan2021–2212730258.33
26KL Rahul2022–2312840066.67
27Hardik Pandya20233210066.67
Total 1058 559 445 10 44 52.83

T20I

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. 14 players have captained India in men's T20Is, of which Rohit Sharma is the most successful with 49 wins. India won the 2007 World T20, the inaugural T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.[24] [25]

Last updated:10 June 2024[26]

NumberImageNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %
1Virender Sehwag200611000100.00
2Mahendra Singh Dhoni2007–20167241281256.94
3Suresh Raina2010–201133000100.00
4Ajinkya Rahane20152110050.00
5Virat Kohli2017–20215030162266.67
6Rohit Sharma2017–2024 6249121179.03
7Shikhar Dhawan20213120033.33
8Rishabh Pant20225220150.00
9Hardik Pandya2022-2023161051065.52
10KL Rahul202211000100.00
11Jasprit Bumrah202322000100.00
12Ruturaj Gaikwad20233200166.67
13Suryakumar Yadav2023-present10721070.00
14Shubman Gill20245410080.00
Total235154696665.53

Women's

WTest

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur are the most successful test captains of Indian women's cricket team with three wins each.

Last updated: 1 July 2024[27]

NumberImageNameSpanMatchesWonLostDrawnWin %
1Shantha Rangaswamy1976-84121298.33
2Nilima Jogalekar1984-851100100.00
3Diana Edulji1985-864 0 0 40.00
4Shubhangi Kulkarni1986-9130120.00
5Sandhya Agarwal199110100.00
6Purnima Rau199530120.00
7Pramila Bhatt199510010.00
8Chanderkanta Kaul199910010.00
9Anjum Chopra2002310233.33
10Mamatha Maben200310010.00
11Mithali Raj2005-21831437.50
12Harmanpreet Kaur20233300100.00
Total41862719.51

WODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. Mithali Raj is the most successful WODI captain of Indian women's cricket team with 89 wins.

Last updated: 23 June 2024

NumberImageNameSpanMatchesWonLostTieNo ResultWin %
1Diana Edulji1978-93187 11 0 038.88
2Shantha Rangaswamy1982-84164120025.00
3Shubhangi Kulkarni1986101000.00
4Purnima Rau19958530062.50
5Pramila Bhatt1995-977511071.42
6Chanderkanta Kaul19994310075.00
7Anju Jain20008530062.50
8Anjum Chopra2002-122810170135.71
9Mamatha Maben2003-04191450073.68
10Mithali Raj2004-2215589630357.41
11Jhulan Goswami2008-112512130048.00
12Rumeli Dhar2008101000.00
13Harmanpreet Kaur2013–Present201451070.00
Total3101681362454.19

WT20I

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. Harmanpreet Kaur is the most successful WT20I captain of Indian women's cricket team with 65 wins.

Last updated: 9 July 2024

NumberImageNameSpanMatchesWonLostTiedNo resultWin %
1Mithali Raj2006–163217150053.12
2Jhulan Goswami2008–15188100044.44
3Anjum Chopra201210370030.00
4Harmanpreet Kaur2012–present11465431557.01
5Smriti Mandhana2019–2313750153.84
Total187100801653.47

Youth cricket

Youth test

This is a list of cricketers whose have captained the Indian Men's Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. Four men, Srikkanth, Shastri, Dravid and Kohli have gone on to captain the senior side.

Last updated:2019

S.No.NameSpanMatchesWonLostDrawn
1Krishnamachari Srikkanth19782002
2Vedraj Chauhan19783003
3Ravi Shastri19813003
4Saba Karim19842011
5Anju Mudkavi19841001
6Amikar Dayal19863021
7Myluahanan Senthilnathan19871010
8Janardhanan Ramdas19884103
9Ranjib Biswal19894103
10Rahul Dravid19912101
11Manoj Joglekar19923111
12Sridharan Sriram19933111
13Amit Sharma19943102
14Kiran Powar19943021
15Sanjay Raul19953111
16Ajit Agarkar19961100
17Jyoti Yadav19962101
18Reetinder Singh Sodhi19981001
19Ajay Ratra20033102
20Manvinder Bisla20021001
21Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao20022011
22Ambati Rayudu2004/53300
23Tanmay Srivastava2006-075203
24Piyush Chawla2006-075311
25Virat Kohli20082101
26Ashok Menaria20092110
27Vijay Zol20142002
28Jonty Sidhu20172002
29Himanshu Rana20172200
30Anuj Rawat20182200
31Suraj Ahuja20192200
Total 77261239

Youth ODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's U-19 cricket team for at least one youth ODI.

Last updated:December 2023[28]

S.No.NameSpanMatchesWonLostTiedNo ResultWin %
1Ravi Shastri1981101000.00
2Saba Karim1985303000.00
3Anju Mudkavi1985101000.00
4Amikar Dayal19863120033.33
5M. Senthilnathan19888530062.50
6Arjan Kripal Singh1988101000.00
7Ranjib Biswal1989-905410080.00
8Rahul Dravid19923210066.66
9Manoj Joglekar199333000100.00
10Amit Sharma19945230040.00
11Kiran Powar19953120033.33
12Sanjay Raul199633000100.00
13Jyoti Yadav1997-983120033.33
14Amit Pagnis19976420066.66
15Reetinder Singh Sodhi199933000100.00
16Mohammad Kaif1999-0098001100.00
17Ajay Ratra20013210066.66
18Parthiv Patel20027430057.14
19Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao200233000100.00
20Ambati Rayudu2003-0410820080.00
21Dinesh Karthik2004101000.00
22Manoj Tiwary20055410080.00
23Ravikant Shukla2005-06171520088.23
24Tanmay Srivastava2006-0777000100.00
25Piyush Chawla2006-07121110091.66
26Ravindra Jadeja200711000100.00
27Virat Kohli20081111000100.00
28Ashok Menaria2009-1012840066.66
29Unmukt Chand2011-12211551073.80
30Vijay Zol2013-14221830185.71
31Sanju Samson201411000100.00
32Ricky Bhui201544000100.00
33Virat Singh201511000100.00
34Rishabh Pant201511000100.00
35Ishan Kishan20158710087.50
36Abhishek Sharma20165311070.00
37Himanshu Rana20173210066.66
38Prithvi Shaw20181111000100.00
39Aryan Juyal20185320060.00
40Pawan Shah201811000100.00
41Prab Simran Singh201822000100.00
42Priyam Garg2019201640080.00
43Dhruv Jurel20195410080.00
44Shubhang Hedge20194120133.33
45Yash Dhull2021-228710087.50
46Nishant Sindhu202222000100.00
47Uday Saharan20233120033.33
Total 276211602376.44

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