Captains
A total of 31 players have captained the Indian Test team so far and among them, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the highest win rate (50%), followed by Sourav Ganguly (42.85%). Sourav Ganguly captained the team for most number of test matches (49). He was responsible for changing the face of Indian Test cricket overseas. Sunil Gavaskar(1975 - 1984) has maximum number of drawn matches (30). As of 2012, Nawab of Pataudi remains the youngest captain for India in test matches.
Cap | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | |
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1 | CK Nayudu | 1932–1933 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1936 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | Nawab of Pataudi, Sr. | 1946 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | Lala Amarnath | 1947–1952 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13.33 | |
5 | Vijay Hazare | 1951–1952 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7.14 | |
6 | Vinoo Mankad | 1954–1959 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1955–1958 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
8 | Polly Umrigar | 1955–1958 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | |
9 | Hemu Adhikari | 1958 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Pankaj Roy | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
13 | Nari Contractor | 1960–1961 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16.66 | |
14 | Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. | 1961–1974 | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 22.5 | |
15 | Chandu Borde | 1967 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Ajit Wadekar | 1970–1974 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | |
17 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 1974–1979 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
18 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1975–1984 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 19.14 | |
19 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975–1978 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27.27 | |
20 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1979 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
21 | Kapil Dev | 1982–1986 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 11.7 | |
22 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987–1989 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |
23 | Ravi Shastri | 1987 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
24 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
25 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989–1998 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 29.78 | |
26 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996–1999 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | |
27 | Sourav Ganguly | 2000–2005 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 42.85 | |
28 | Rahul Dravid | 2003–2007 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | |
29 | Virender Sehwag | 2005–2012 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
30 | Anil Kumble | 2007–2008 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.42 | |
31 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2008-Present | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50 | |
Total | 464 | 115 | 147 | 202 | 24.78 | |||
Source: Cricinfo |
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