List of India national cricket captains

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Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". This is the list of captains of Indian cricket team who have led 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]

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]

Shubman Gill is the current captain of the men's team in Tests, Rohit Sharma is current captain of the men's team in ODIs, Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the men's team in T20Is, and Harmanpreet Kaur is current captain of women's team in all Formats.

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: 26 May 2025[19]

Indian Test match captains[20]
Number Image Name Season Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn/Tied Win %
1 File:CK Nayudu 1930s.jpg C. K. Nayudu 1932 England England 1 0 1 0
1933–34 England India 3 0 2 1
Total 4 0 3 1 0.00
2 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1936 England England 3 0 2 1
Total 3 0 2 1 0.00
3 File:Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi 1931cr.jpg Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi 1946 England England 3 0 1 2
Total 3 0 1 2 0.00
4 Lala Amarnath at Lord's 1936 Lala Amarnath 1947–48 Australia Australia 5 0 4 1
1948–49 West Indies India 5 0 1 4
1952–53 Pakistan India 5 2 1 2
Total 15 2 6 7 13.33
5 File:No image available.svg Vijay Hazare 1951–52 England India 5 1 1 3
1952 England England 4 0 3 1
1952–53 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1 4
Total 14 1 5 8 7.14
6 File:Vinoo Mankad 1996 stamp of India.jpg Vinoo Mankad 1954–55 Pakistan Pakistan 5 0 0 5
1958–59† West Indies India 1 0 1 0
Total 6 0 1 5 0.00
7 File:Ghulam Ahmed 1952.jpg Ghulam Ahmed 1955–56† New Zealand India 1 0 0 1
1958–59 West Indies India 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 2 1 0.00
8 Polly Umrigar 1955–56 New Zealand India 4 2 0 2
1956–57 Australia India 3 0 2 1
1958–59† West Indies India 1 0 0 1
Total 8 2 2 4 25.00
9 File:No image available.svg Hemu Adhikari 1958–59† West Indies India 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1 0.00
10 File:No image available.svg Datta Gaekwad 1959 England England 4 0 4 0
Total 4 0 4 0 0.00
11 Pankaj Roy 1959† England England 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0 0.00
12 File:No image available.svg Gulabrai Ramchand 1959–60 Australia India 5 1 2 2
Total 5 1 2 2 20.00
13 File:No image available.svg Nari Contractor 1960–61 Pakistan India 5 0 0 5
1961–62 England India 5 2 0 3
1961–62† West Indies West Indies 2 0 2 0
Total 12 2 2 8 16.67
14 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 1961–62 West Indies West Indies 3 0 3 0
1963–64 England India 5 0 0 5
1964–65 Australia India 3 1 1 1
1964–65 New Zealand India 4 1 0 3
1966–67 West Indies India 3 0 2 1
1967 England England 3 0 3 0
1967–68 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
1967–68 New Zealand New Zealand 4 3 1 0
1969–70 New Zealand India 3 1 1 1
1969–70 Australia India 5 1 3 1
1974–75 West Indies India 4 2 2 0
Total 40 9 19 12 22.50
15 File:No image available.svg Chandu Borde 1967–68† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0 0.00
16 File:No image available.svg Ajit Wadekar 1970–71 West Indies West Indies 5 1 0 4
1971 England England 3 1 0 2
1972–73 England India 5 2 1 2
1974 England England 3 0 3 0
Total 16 4 4 8 25.00
17 File:No image available.svg Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1974–75† West Indies India 1 0 1 0
1979 England England 4 0 1 3
Total 5 0 2 3 0.00
18 Sunny Gavaskar Sahara Sunil Gavaskar 1975–76† New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0
1978–79 West Indies India 6 1 0 5
1979–80 Australia India 6 2 0 4
1979–80 Pakistan India 5 2 0 3
1980–81 Australia Australia 3 1 1 1
1980–81 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2
1981–82 England India 6 1 0 5
1982 England England 3 0 1 2
1982–83 Sri Lanka India 1 0 0 1
1982–83 Pakistan Pakistan 6 0 3 3
1984–85 Pakistan Pakistan 2 0 0 2
1984–85 England India 5 1 2 2
Total 47 9 8 30 19.14
19 File:Major Ahluwalia with Mr. Bishan Singh Bedi.jpg Bishan Singh Bedi 1975–76 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 1 1
1975–76 West Indies West Indies 4 1 2 1
1976–77 New Zealand India 3 2 0 1
1976–77 England India 5 1 3 1
1977–78 Australia Australia 5 2 3 0
1978–79 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 2 1
Total 22 6 11 5 27.27
20 File:No image available.svg Gundappa Viswanath 1979–80† Pakistan India 1 0 0 1
1979–80 England India 1 0 1 0
Total 2 0 1 1 0.00
21 Kapil dev cropped Kapil Dev 1982–83 West Indies West Indies 5 0 2 3
1983–84 Pakistan India 3 0 0 3
1983–84 West Indies India 6 0 3 3
1985 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 1 2
1985–86 Australia Australia 3 0 0 3
1986 England England 3 2 0 1
1986–87 Australia India 3 0 0 2
1986–87 Sri Lanka India 3 2 0 1
1986–87 Pakistan India 5 0 1 4
Total 34 4 7 23 11.76
22 File:DilipVengsarkar.jpg Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–88 West Indies India 3 0 1 2
1988–89 New Zealand India 3 2 1 0
1988–89 West Indies West Indies 4 0 3 1
Total 10 2 5 3 20.00
23 File:RaviShastri.jpg Ravi Shastri 1987–88† West Indies India 1 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0 100.00
24 File:Former cricketer K. Srikkanth meets PM Modi (cropped).jpg Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989–90 Pakistan Pakistan 4 0 0 4
Total 4 0 0 4 0.00
25 File:Mohammad Azharuddin (1).jpg Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–90 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2
1990 England England 3 0 1 2
1990–91 Sri Lanka India 1 1 0 0
1991–92 Australia Australia 5 0 4 1
1992–93 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1
1992–93 South Africa South Africa 4 0 1 3
1992–93 England India 3 3 0 0
1992–93 Zimbabwe India 1 1 0 0
1993 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2
1993–94 Sri Lanka India 3 3 0 0
1993–94 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 1
1994–95 West Indies India 3 1 1 1
1995–96 New Zealand India 3 1 0 2
1996 England England 3 0 1 2
1997–98 Australia India 3 2 1 0
1998–99 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
1998–99 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 1 1
1998–99 Pakistan India 2 1 1 0
1998–99 Pakistan India 1 0 1 0
1998–99 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1
Total 47 14 14 19 29.79
26 Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar 1996–97 Australia India 1 1 0 0
1996–97 South Africa India 3 2 1 0
1996–97 South Africa South Africa 3 0 2 1
1996–97 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1 4
1997 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
1997–98 Sri Lanka India 3 0 0 3
1999–2000 New Zealand India 3 1 0 2
1999–2000 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
1999–2000 South Africa India 2 0 2 0
Total 25 4 9 12 16.00
27 Sourav Ganguly crop Sourav Ganguly 2000–01 Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2000–01 Zimbabwe India 2 1 0 1
2000–01 Australia India 3 2 1 0
2001 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
2001 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0
2001–02 South Africa South Africa 2 0 1 1
2001–02 England India 3 1 0 2
2001–02 Zimbabwe India 2 2 0 0
2001–02 West Indies West Indies 5 1 2 2
2002 England England 4 1 1 2
2002–03 West Indies India 3 2 0 1
2002–03 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2003–04 New Zealand India 1 0 0 1
2003–04 Australia Australia 4 1 1 2
2003–04 Pakistan Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2004–05 Australia India 2 0 1 1
2004–05 South Africa India 2 1 0 1
2004–05 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2004–05 Pakistan India 3 1 1 1
2005–06 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
Total 49 21 13 15 42.86
28 Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid 2003–04† New Zealand India 1 0 0 1
2003–04† Pakistan Pakistan 2 1 1 0
2004–05† Australia India 2 1 1 0
2005–06 Sri Lanka India 2 1 0 1
2005–06 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 1 2
2005–06 England India 3 1 1 1
2005–06 West Indies West Indies 4 1 0 3
2006–07 South Africa South Africa 3 1 2 0
2007 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 0 1
2007 England England 3 1 0 2
Total 25 8 6 11 32.00
29 Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag 2005–06† Sri Lanka India 1 1 0 0
2009† New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 1
2010† Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2012† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0
Total 4 2 1 1 50.00
30 Anil Kumble Anil Kumble 2007 Pakistan India 3 1 0 2
2007–08 Australia Australia 4 1 2 1
2008 South Africa India 2 0 1 1
2008 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0
2008 Australia India 2 0 0 2
Total 14 3 5 6 21.42
31 File:Mahendra Singh Dhoni January 2016 (cropped).jpg Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2008† South Africa India 1 1 0 0
2008† Australia India 2 2 0 0
2008 England India 2 1 0 1
2009 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1
2009 Sri Lanka India 3 2 0 1
2010 Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2010 South Africa India 2 1 1 0
2010 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1
2010 Australia India 2 2 0 0
2010 New Zealand India 3 1 0 2
2010 South Africa South Africa 3 1 1 1
2011 West Indies West Indies 3 1 0 2
2011 England England 4 0 4 0
2011 West Indies India 3 2 0 1
2011–12 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
2012 New Zealand India 2 2 0 0
2012–13 England India 4 1 2 1
2012–13 Australia India 4 4 0 0
2013–14 West Indies India 2 2 0 0
2013–14 South Africa South Africa 2 0 1 1
2013–14 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 1 1
2014 England England 5 1 3 1
2014–15 Australia Australia 2 0 1 1
Total 60 27 18 15 45.00
32 File:Virat Kohli in PMO New Delhi.jpg Virat Kohli 2014–15† Australia Australia 2 0 1 1
2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0
2015–16 South Africa India 4 3 0 1
2016 West Indies West Indies 4 2 0 2
2016–17 New Zealand India 3 3 0 0
2016–17 England India 5 4 0 1
2017 Bangladesh India 1 1 0 0
2017 Australia India 3 1 1 1
2017 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 3 0 0
2017–18 Sri Lanka India 3 1 0 2
2018 South Africa South Africa 3 1 2 0
2018 England England 5 1 4 0
2018 West Indies India 2 2 0 0
2018–19 Australia Australia 4 2 1 1
2019 West Indies West Indies 2 2 0 0
2019–20 South Africa India 3 3 0 0
2019–20 Bangladesh India 2 2 0 0
2019–20 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2020–21 Australia Australia 1 0 1 0
2020–21 England India 4 3 1 0
2021 New Zealand England 1 0 1 0
2021 England England 4 2 1 1
2021 New Zealand India 1 1 0 0
2021–22 South Africa South Africa 2 1 1 0
Total 68 40 17 11 58.82
33 File:Ajinkya Rahane 2016 (cropped).jpg Ajinkya Rahane 2017† Australia India 1 1 0 0
2018 Afghanistan India 1 1 0 0
2020–21† Australia Australia 3 2 0 1
2021† New Zealand India 1 0 0 1
Total 6 4 0 2 66.67
34 File:KL Rahul at Femina Miss India 2018 Grand Finale (cropped).jpg KL Rahul 2021–22† South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0
2022 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
Total 3 2 1 0 66.67
35 File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with Shri Rohit Gurunath Sharma (Cropped).jpg Rohit Sharma 2022 Sri Lanka India 2 2 0 0
2023 Australia India 4 2 1 1
2023 Australia England 1 0 1 0
2023 West Indies West Indies 2 1 0 1
2023 South Africa South Africa 2 1 1 0
2024 England India 5 4 1 0
2024 Bangladesh India 2 2 0 0
2024 New Zealand India 3 0 3 0
2024 Australia Australia 3 0 2 1
Total 24 12 9 3 50.00
36 File:Jasprit Bumrah in PMO New Delhi.jpg Jasprit Bumrah 2022† England England 1 0 1 0
2024† Australia Australia 2 1 1 0
Total 3 1 2 0 33.33
37 File:Shubman Gill 2023 (cropped).jpg Shubman Gill 2025 England England
Total
Total 589 181 184 223 30.73

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]

Number Image Name Span Matches Won Lost Tied No result Win %
1 File:No image available.svg Ajit Wadekar 1974 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
2 File:No image available.svg Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1975–79 7 1 6 0 0 14.28
3 File:No image available.svg Bishen Singh Bedi 1975–78 4 1 3 0 0 25.00
4 File:Sunny Gavaskar Sahara.jpg Sunil Gavaskar 1980–85 37 14 21 0 2 37.83
5 File:No image available.svg Gundappa Viswanath 1980 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
6 File:Kapil Dev at Equation sports auction.jpg Kapil Dev 1982–92 74 39 33 0 2 52.70
7 File:Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani.jpg Syed Kirmani 1983 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
8 File:MohinderAmarnath.jpg Mohinder Amarnath 1984 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
9 File:Ravi Shastri.jpg Ravi Shastri 1986–91 11 4 7 0 0 36.36
10 File:DilipVengsarkar.jpg Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–88 18 8 10 0 0 44.44
11 File:Former cricketer K. Srikkanth meets PM Modi (cropped).jpg Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989 13 4 8 0 1 30.76
12 File:Mohammad Azharuddin (1).jpg Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–99 174 90 76 2 6 51.72
13 File:Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards.jpg Sachin Tendulkar 1996–99 73 23 43 1 6 31.50
14 File:Ajay jadega.jpg Ajay Jadeja 1998–99 13 8 5 0 0 61.53
15 File:Sourav Ganguly closeup-2.jpg Sourav Ganguly 1999–2005 146 76 65 0 5 52.05
16 File:Rahul Dravid at GQ Men Of The Year 2012 AWARD.jpg Rahul Dravid 2000–07 79 42 33 0 4 53.16
17 File:Anil Kumble.jpg Anil Kumble 2002 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
18 File:Virender Sehwag at the NDTV Marks for Sports event 13.jpg Virender Sehwag 2003–2011 12 7 5 0 0 58.33
19 File:Mahendra Singh Dhoni receiving Padma Bhushan.jpg Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007–18 200 110 74 5 11 55.00
20 File:Suresh Raina1.jpg Suresh Raina 2010-2014 12 6 5 0 1 50.50
21 File:Gautam Gambhir (IPL 2014).jpg Gautam Gambhir 2010–11 6 6 0 0 0 100.00
22 File:Virat Kohli in PMO New Delhi.jpg Virat Kohli 2013–21 95 65 27 1 2 68.42
23 File:Ajinkya Rahane 2016 (cropped).jpg Ajinkya Rahane 2015 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
24 File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with Shri Rohit Gurunath Sharma (Cropped).jpg Rohit Sharma 2017–present 56 42 12 1 1 75.00
25 File:Shikhar Dhawan January 2016 (cropped).jpg Shikhar Dhawan 2021–22 12 7 3 0 2 58.33
26 File:KL Rahul at Femina Miss India 2018 Grand Finale (cropped).jpg KL Rahul 2022–23 12 8 4 0 0 66.67
27 File:Hardik Pandya in PMO New Delhi.jpg Hardik Pandya 2023 3 2 1 0 0 66.67
Total 1066 567 445 10 44 53.18

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] later India win the 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

Last updated:10 June 2024[26]

Number Image Name Year Played Won Lost Tied No result Win %
1 File:Virender Sehwag at the NDTV Marks for Sports event 13.jpg Virender Sehwag 2006 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
2 File:Mahendra Singh Dhoni January 2016 (cropped).jpg Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007–2016 72 41 28 1 2 56.94
3 File:Suresh Raina grace the 'Salaam Sachin' conclave.jpg Suresh Raina 2010–2011 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
4 File:Ajinkya Rahane 2016 (cropped).jpg Ajinkya Rahane 2015 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
5 File:Virat Kohli in PMO New Delhi.jpg Virat Kohli 2017–2021 50 30 16 2 2 66.67
6 File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with Shri Rohit Gurunath Sharma (Cropped).jpg Rohit Sharma 2017–2024 62 49 12 1 0 79.03
7 File:Shikhar Dhawan January 2016 (cropped).jpg Shikhar Dhawan 2021 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
8 File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Modi with Rishabh Pant.jpg Rishabh Pant 2022 5 2 2 0 1 50.00
9 File:Hardik Pandya in PMO New Delhi.jpg Hardik Pandya 2022-2023 16 10 5 1 0 65.52
10 File:KL Rahul at Femina Miss India 2018 Grand Finale (cropped).jpg KL Rahul 2022 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
11 File:Jasprit Bumrah in PMO New Delhi.jpg Jasprit Bumrah 2023 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
12 File:Ruturaj Gaikwad.jpeg Ruturaj Gaikwad 2023 3 2 0 0 1 66.67
13 File:Suryakumar Yadav in PMO New Delhi.jpg Suryakumar Yadav 2023–present 19 16 3 0 0 84.21
14 File:Shubman Gill 2023 (cropped).jpg Shubman Gill 2024 5 4 1 0 0 80.00
Total 244 162 70 6 6 66.39


Captains in Men's ICC tournaments

Indian Captains in ICC Tournaments
Tournament Name Format Played Won Lost Tied/NR Stand Winning rate
1975 Cricket World Cup Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 60 overs 3 1 2 0 Group Stage 33.3%
1979 Cricket World Cup Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 60 overs 3 0 3 0 Group Stage 0%
1983 Cricket World Cup Kapil Dev 60 overs 8 6 2 0 Champions 75%
1987 Cricket World Cup Kapil Dev 50 overs 7 5 2 0 Semi Finals 72%
1992 Cricket World Cup Mohammad Azharuddin 50 overs 8 2 5 1 Group Stage 25%
1996 Cricket World Cup Mohammad Azharuddin 50 overs 7 5 3 0 Semi Finals 57%
1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy Mohammad Azharuddin 50 overs 2 1 1 0 Semi Finals 50%
1999 Cricket World Cup Mohammad Azharuddin 50 overs 8 4 4 0 Super Six 50%
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy Sourav Ganguly 50 overs 3 2 1 0 Runners-up 66.6%
2002 ICC Champions Trophy Sourav Ganguly 50 overs 4 3 0 1 Co-Champions 75%
2003 Cricket World Cup Sourav Ganguly 50 overs 11 9 2 0 Runners-Up 82%
2004 ICC Champions Trophy Sourav Ganguly 50 overs 2 1 1 0 Group Stage 50%
2006 ICC Champions Trophy Rahul Dravid 50 overs 3 1 2 0 Group Stage 33.3%
2007 Cricket World Cup Rahul Dravid 50 overs 3 1 2 0 Group Stage 33.3%
2007 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 7 5 1 1 Champions 71%
2009 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 5 2 3 0 Super 8 40%
2009 ICC Champions Trophy MS Dhoni 50 overs 3 1 1 1 Group Stage 33.33%
2010 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 5 2 3 0 Super 8 40%
2011 Cricket World Cup MS Dhoni 50 overs 9 7 1 1 Champions 77.7%
2012 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 5 4 1 0 Super 8 80%
2013 ICC Champions Trophy MS Dhoni 50 overs 5 5 0 0 Champions 100%
2014 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 6 5 1 0 Runners-Up 83.3%
2015 Cricket World Cup MS Dhoni 50 overs 8 7 1 0 Semi Finals 87.7%
2016 World Twenty20 MS Dhoni 20 overs 5 3 2 0 Semi Finals 60%
2017 ICC Champions Trophy Virat Kohli 50 overs 5 3 2 0 Runners-Up 60%
2019 Cricket World Cup Virat Kohli 50 overs 10 7 2 1 Semi Finals 70
2021 ICC World Test Championship Final Virat Kohli Unlimited 1 0 1 0 Runners-Up 0
2021 World Twenty20 Virat Kohli 20 overs 5 3 2 0 Super-12 60%
2022 Men's T20 World Cup Rohit Sharma 20 overs 6 4 2 0 Semi Finals 66.6%
2023 ICC World Test Championship Final Rohit Sharma Unlimited 1 0 1 0 Runners-Up 0
2023 Cricket World Cup Rohit Sharma 50 overs 11 10 1 0 Runners-Up 91%
2024 Men's T20 World Cup Rohit Sharma 20 overs 9 8 0 1 Champions 88.88%
2025 ICC Champions Trophy Rohit Sharma 50 overs 5 5 0 0 Champions 100%

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]

Number Image Name Span Matches Won Lost Drawn Win %
1 File:Shantha Rangaswamy (2017).jpg Shantha Rangaswamy 1976-84 12 1 2 9 8.33
2 File:No image available.svg Nilima Jogalekar 1984-85 1 1 0 0 100.00
3 File:No image available.svg Diana Edulji 1985-86 4 0 0 4 0.00
4 File:No image available.svg Shubhangi Kulkarni 1986-91 3 0 1 2 0.00
5 File:No image available.svg Sandhya Agarwal 1991 1 0 1 0 0.00
6 File:No image available.svg Purnima Rau 1995 3 0 1 2 0.00
7 File:No image available.svg Pramila Bhatt 1995 1 0 0 1 0.00
8 File:No image available.svg Chanderkanta Kaul 1999 1 0 0 1 0.00
9 File:Anjum Chopra (10 March 2009, Sydney).jpg Anjum Chopra 2002 3 1 0 2 33.33
10 File:No image available.svg Mamatha Maben 2003 1 0 0 1 0.00
11 File:Mithali Raj.png Mithali Raj 2005-21 8 3 1 4 37.50
12 File:Harmanpreet Kaur 2017 (sq cropped).jpg Harmanpreet Kaur 2023 3 3 0 0 100.00
Total 41 8 6 27 19.51

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[27]

Number Image Name Span Matches Won Lost Tie No Result Win %
1 File:No image available.svg Diana Edulji 1978-93 18 7 11 0 0 38.88
2 File:Shantha Rangaswamy (2017).jpg Shantha Rangaswamy 1982-84 16 4 12 0 0 25.00
3 File:No image available.svg Shubhangi Kulkarni 1986 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
4 File:No image available.svg Purnima Rau 1995 8 5 3 0 0 62.50
5 File:No image available.svg Pramila Bhatt 1995-97 7 5 1 1 0 71.42
6 File:No image available.svg Chanderkanta Kaul 1999 4 3 1 0 0 75.00
7 File:No image available.svg Anju Jain 2000 8 5 3 0 0 62.50
8 File:Anjum Chopra (10 March 2009, Sydney).jpg Anjum Chopra 2002-12 28 10 17 0 1 35.71
9 File:No image available.svg Mamatha Maben 2003-04 19 14 5 0 0 73.68
10 File:Mithali Raj.png Mithali Raj 2004-22 155 89 63 0 3 57.41
11 File:Ms. Jhulan Goswami, in 2012 (cropped).jpg Jhulan Goswami 2008-11 25 12 13 0 0 48.00
12 File:RUMELI DHAR (3387570215).jpg Rumeli Dhar 2008 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
13 File:Harmanpreet Kaur 2017 (sq cropped).jpg Harmanpreet Kaur 2013 – present 20 14 5 1 0 70.00
Total 310 168 136 2 4 54.19

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 [27]

Number Image Name Span Matches Won Lost Tied No result Win %
1 File:Mithali Raj.png Mithali Raj 2006–16 32 17 15 0 0 53.12
2 File:Ms. Jhulan Goswami, in 2012 (cropped).jpg Jhulan Goswami 2008–15 18 8 10 0 0 44.44
3 File:Anjum Chopra (10 March 2009, Sydney).jpg Anjum Chopra 2012 10 3 7 0 0 30.00
4 File:Harmanpreet Kaur 2017 (sq cropped).jpg Harmanpreet Kaur 2012–present 114 65 43 1 5 57.01
5 File:Ms. Smriti Mandhana, Arjun Awardee (Cricket), in New Delhi on July 16, 2019 (cropped).jpg Smriti Mandhana 2019–23 13 7 5 0 1 53.84
Total 187 100 80 1 6 53.47

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. Name Span Matches Won Lost Drawn
1 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1978 2 0 0 2
2 Vedraj Chauhan 1978 3 0 0 3
3 Ravi Shastri 1981 3 0 0 3
4 Saba Karim 1984 2 0 1 1
5 Anju Mudkavi 1984 1 0 0 1
6 Amikar Dayal 1986 3 0 2 1
7 Myluahanan Senthilnathan 1987 1 0 1 0
8 Janardhanan Ramdas 1988 4 1 0 3
9 Ranjib Biswal 1989 4 1 0 3
10 Rahul Dravid 1991 2 1 0 1
11 Manoj Joglekar 1992 3 1 1 1
12 Sridharan Sriram 1993 3 1 1 1
13 Amit Sharma 1994 3 1 0 2
14 Kiran Powar 1994 3 0 2 1
15 Sanjay Raul 1995 3 1 1 1
16 Ajit Agarkar 1996 1 1 0 0
17 Jyoti Yadav 1996 2 1 0 1
18 Reetinder Singh Sodhi 1998 1 0 0 1
19 Ajay Ratra 2003 3 1 0 2
20 Manvinder Bisla 2002 1 0 0 1
21 Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao 2002 2 0 1 1
22 Ambati Rayudu 2004/5 3 3 0 0
23 Tanmay Srivastava 2006-07 5 2 0 3
24 Piyush Chawla 2006-07 5 3 1 1
25 Virat Kohli 2008 2 1 0 1
26 Ashok Menaria 2009 2 1 1 0
27 Vijay Zol 2014 2 0 0 2
28 Jonty Sidhu 2017 2 0 0 2
29 Himanshu Rana 2017 2 2 0 0
30 Anuj Rawat 2018 2 2 0 0
31 Suraj Ahuja 2019 2 2 0 0
Total 77 26 12 39

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. Name Span Matches Won Lost Tied No Result Win %
1 Ravi Shastri 1981 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
2 Saba Karim 1985 3 0 3 0 0 0.00
3 Anju Mudkavi 1985 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
4 Amikar Dayal 1986 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
5 M. Senthilnathan 1988 8 5 3 0 0 62.50
6 Arjan Kripal Singh 1988 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
7 Ranjib Biswal 1989-90 5 4 1 0 0 80.00
8 Rahul Dravid 1992 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
9 Manoj Joglekar 1993 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
10 Amit Sharma 1994 5 2 3 0 0 40.00
11 Kiran Powar 1995 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
12 Sanjay Raul 1996 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
13 Jyoti Yadav 1997-98 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
14 Amit Pagnis 1997 6 4 2 0 0 66.66
15 Reetinder Singh Sodhi 1999 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
16 Mohammad Kaif 1999-00 9 8 0 0 1 100.00
17 Ajay Ratra 2001 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
18 Parthiv Patel 2002 7 4 3 0 0 57.14
19 Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao 2002 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
20 Ambati Rayudu 2003-04 10 8 2 0 0 80.00
21 Dinesh Karthik 2004 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
22 Manoj Tiwary 2005 5 4 1 0 0 80.00
23 Ravikant Shukla 2005-06 17 15 2 0 0 88.23
24 Tanmay Srivastava 2006-07 7 7 0 0 0 100.00
25 Piyush Chawla 2006-07 12 11 1 0 0 91.66
26 Ravindra Jadeja 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
27 Virat Kohli 2008 11 11 0 0 0 100.00
28 Ashok Menaria 2009-10 12 8 4 0 0 66.66
29 Unmukt Chand 2011-12 21 15 5 1 0 73.80
30 Vijay Zol 2013-14 22 18 3 0 1 85.71
31 Sanju Samson 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
32 Ricky Bhui 2015 4 4 0 0 0 100.00
33 Virat Singh 2015 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
34 Rishabh Pant 2015 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
35 Ishan Kishan 2015 8 7 1 0 0 87.50
36 Abhishek Sharma 2016 5 3 1 1 0 70.00
37 Himanshu Rana 2017 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
38 Prithvi Shaw 2018 11 11 0 0 0 100.00
39 Aryan Juyal 2018 5 3 2 0 0 60.00
40 Pawan Shah 2018 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
41 Prab Simran Singh 2018 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
42 Priyam Garg 2019 20 16 4 0 0 80.00
43 Dhruv Jurel 2019 5 4 1 0 0 80.00
44 Shubhang Hedge 2019 4 1 2 0 1 33.33
45 Yash Dhull 2021-22 8 7 1 0 0 87.50
46 Nishant Sindhu 2022 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
47 Uday Saharan 2023 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
Total 276 211 60 2 3 76.44

See also

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