The Indian team's greatest successes came in 1983, when they won the Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, and 2011, when they won the world cup again under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Also, they won the Under-19 World Cup three times under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif in 2000 ,2008 under Virat Kohli and in 2012 under Unmukt Chand . Also, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup. India came runner-up in World Cup 2003 under Saurav Ganguly who has the record of most number of Indian test wins (21) under his leadership. Mithali Raj led India to its best result in Women's ODI cricket when the team advanced to the finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup. Raj is also one of the three women's captains who have led their side to a victory in women's Test cricket, the others being Shantha Rangaswamy and Mamatha Maben.
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[edit] Men's cricket
[edit] Test match captains
India has played 464 Test Matches (as of 10 September 2012). This is the list of the 31 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match.The table of results is complete as of 30 August 2012.
Indian Test match captains[1] | |||||||||
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Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
1 |
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CK Nayudu | 1932 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1933/4 | England | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1936 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
3 | Nawab of Pataudi, Sr. | 1946 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
4 | Lala Amarnath | 1947/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
1948/9 | West Indies | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
1952/3 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||
5 | Vijay Hazare | 1951/2 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1952 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
1952/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Total | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||||
6 |
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Vinoo Mankad | 1954/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||
7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1955/6† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1958/9 | West Indies | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
8 | Polly Umrigar | 1955/6 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1956/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
9 | Hemu Adhikari | 1958/9† | West Indian | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
10 | Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
11 |
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Pankaj Roy | 1959† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
12 | Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959/60 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
13 | Nari Contractor | 1960/1 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
1961/2 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
1961/2† | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||
14 | Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. | 1961/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
1963/4 | England | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
1964/5 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
1964/5 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
1966/7 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
1967 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
1967/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
1967/8 | 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 | |||
1974/5 | West Indies | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | |||||
15 | Chandu Borde | 1967/8† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
16 | Ajit Wadekar | 1970/1 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
1971 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1972/3 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
1974 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
17 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 1974/5† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1979 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||
18 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1975/6† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1978/9 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
1979/80 | Australia | India | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
1979/80 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
1980/1 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
1980/1 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1981/2 | England | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
1982 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1982/3 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1982/3 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
1984/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1984/5 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||||
19 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975/6 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1975/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
1976/7 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1976/7 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
1977/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
1978/9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
20 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1979/80† | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1979/1980 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
21 | Kapil Dev | 1982/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
1983/4 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
1983/4 | West Indies | India | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
1985 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1985/6 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
1986 | England | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1986/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[2] | |||
1986/7 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
1986/7 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23[2] | |||||
22 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987/8 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1988/9 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
1988/9 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
Total | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
23 | Ravi Shastri | 1987/8† | West Indies | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
24 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989/90 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
25 |
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Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989/90 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1990/1 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991/2 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
1992/3 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1992/3 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
1992/3 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1992/3 | Zimbabwe | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1993 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1993/4 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1993/4 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1994/5 | West Indies | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
1995/6 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1996 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1997/8 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998/9 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
1998/9 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998/9[3] | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998/9[3] | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | |||||
26 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996/7 | Australia | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1996/7 | South Africa | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
1996/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
1996/7 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
1997 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1997/8 | 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 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
27 | Sourav Ganguly | 2000/1 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2000/1 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
2000/1 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
2001 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2001 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
2001/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2001/2 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
2001/2 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
2001/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
2002 | England | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2002/3 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
2002/3 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
2003/4 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
2003/4 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2004/5 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2004/5 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
2004/5 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
2004/5 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
2005/6 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | |||||
Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
28 | Rahul Dravid | 2003/4† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2004/5† | Australia | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2005/6 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
2005/6 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
2005/6 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
2005/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
2006/7 | 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 | |||||
29 | Virender Sehwag | 2005/6† | 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 | |||||
30 | Anil Kumble | 2007 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
2007/8 | 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 | |||||
31 | 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 | |||
Total | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | |||||
Total | 464 | 114 | 147 | 203[2] |
[edit] Complete list of Overseas Victories
Sourav Ganguly is the most successful Indian test captain in overseas with 11 wins.[4]-
- Ganguly: 11 (Zimbabwe , Bangladesh – 3, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and Australia– 1)
- Dravid: 5 (Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies ,England)
- Dhoni: 5 (New Zealand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies)
- MAK Pataudi: 3 (New Zealand – 3)
- Bedi: 3 (West Indies, Australia – 2)
- Wadekar: 2 (West Indies, England)
- Gavaskar: 2 (New Zealand, Australia)
- Kapil Dev: 2 (England – 2)
- Azharuddin: 1 (Sri Lanka)
- Kumble: 2 (Australia, Sri Lanka)
- Sehwag: 1 (Bangladesh)
[edit] Notable achievements
- Ganguly has led India to victory in 21 matches – the most by any
Indian captain. The second most successful captain is Dhoni with 19
victories, followed by Azharuddin with 14 wins. Pataudi and Gavaskar are
next, with 9 victories each.[5]
- Ganguly has recorded a victory on Indian soil against every team that has visited India except New Zealand. India did not play Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on home soil during his leadership.[6]
- Hazare led India to its first Test victory – against England in 1951/52 season.[7]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi led India to its first overseas Test victory and first overseas series victory – against New Zealand in 1967/68 season.[8][9]
- Gavaskar has scored 3449 runs – the highest by any Indian while acting as captain. He also holds the record for the highest number of centuries while playing as captain (11). Azharuddin has nine centuries when leading India as its captain while Tendulkar has seven.
- Kapil Dev has 111 wickets in 34 matches as India's captain while Bedi has 106 wickets in 22 matches. Bedi has eight 5 Wicket/Innings hauls compared to Kapil Dev's four.
- Tendulkar has the highest average of 51.35 (25 matches) while captaining India while Gavaskar averages 50.72 (47 matches). Dravid (45.74 over 20 matches) and Azharuddin (43.93 over 47 matches) are the others to average above 40 while leading the country.
- Captains who have not led India on home soil: Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Nawab of Pataudi Sr., Datta Gaekwad, Pankaj Roy, Chandu Borde and Krishnamachari Srikanth
- Captains who have not led India on foreign soil: Ghulam Ahmed, Polly Umrigar, Hemu Adhikari, Gulabrai Ramchand, Gundappa Viswanath and Ravi Shastri
- Kapil Dev was the captain of India's only tied-test match (against Australia in Chepauk, Chennai).[10]
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian captain who won all his first four Tests as captain.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian captain who did not lose a Test in his first eleven Tests as captain.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian captain who did not lose a series in his first 12 Test series as captain.
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- Mahendra Singh Dhoni has recorded a victory on Indian soil against every team that has visited India. India did not play Bangladesh and Pakistan on home soil during his leadership.
[edit] Men's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International.Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[11] |
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1 | Ajit Wadekar | 1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 1975–1979 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
3 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975/6-1978/9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
4 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1980/1-1985/6 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
5 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1980/1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Kapil Dev | 1982/3-1992/1993 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
7 | Syed Kirmani | 1983/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Mohinder Amarnath | 1984/1985 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA |
9 | Ravi Shastri | 1986/7-1991/2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
10 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987/8-1988/9 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
11 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989/90 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
12 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989/90-1999 | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 54 |
13 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996-1999/2000 | 73 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 35 |
14 | Ajay Jadeja | 1997/8-1999/2000 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
15 | Sourav Ganguly | 1999–2005 | 146[12] | 76 | 65[12] | 0 | 5 | 54 |
16 | Rahul Dravid | 2000/1 - 2007 | 79 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
17 | Anil Kumble | 2001/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
18 | Virender Sehwag | 2003 - 2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
19 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007 – present | 127 | 73 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 63 |
20 | Suresh Raina | 2010 – 2011 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
21 | Gautam Gambhir | 2010 - 2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Total | 809 | 401 | 367 | 6 | 35 | 49.5 |
[edit] Records and highlights
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the highest win rate (63%) for Indians who have captained more than 20 matches. Kapil Dev comes in with 56% win rate.Ganguly,Azhar India's two most capped captains come close with 54% win rate.[13]
- Kapil Dev was the First Indian captain to lead the side to Cricket World Cup victory, in 1983.Mahendra Singh Dhoni won India's second World Cup in 2011.
- Tendulkar's score of 186* against New Zealand in 1999/00 season bettered Viv Richards' record (181 against Sri Lanka) for the highest score by a captain in ODI cricket. Tendulkar's record was broken by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 189 against India in 2000/01 season. Prior to Richards, Kapil Dev (175*) was the owner of the record when he broke Glenn Turner's score of 171*.The record was again broken by Virender Sehwag on 2011 when he made (219) against West Indies which now remains the highest individual score by any ODI captain and also the highest individual score in ODI by any cricket player (in Men's Cricket) in the planet.
- Ganguly has the best bowling figures returned by an Indian captain in ODI cricket, which he recorded against Zimbabwe (10–1–34–5). Kapil Dev is the only other Indian captain to have taken a five wicket haul (12–2–43–5 against Australia)
- Ganguly has scored the most number of centuries while captaining India (11). Only Ricky Ponting (15) from any country has more centuries in ODI cricket than Ganguly while captaining. Tendulkar (6), Azharuddin (4), Dravid (2), Dhoni (2), Gambhir (2), Jadeja (1), Kapil Dev (1), Shastri (1), Sehwag (1) are the other cricketers who have scored a century when captaining the Indian ODI team.
- Azharuddin has the most number of runs as India's ODI captain (5165 runs at 12) while Ganguly has 5104 runs (ave:38.66). Tendulkar (2454 runs at ave:37.75), Dravid (2313 runs at ave:42.83), Dhoni (1808 runs at ave 58.32), Kapil Dev (1538 runs at ave:29.57) are the only other captains who have scored more than 1,000 runs when leading the side
- Azharuddin (2) and Tendulkar (1) and Dhoni (2) are the only captains with tied-ODI matches.
- M.S.Dhoni is the first and only wicket keeper to captain any team for more than 50 matches.
[edit] Men's Twenty-20 International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International.Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[11][14][15] |
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1 | Virender Sehwag | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
2 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–2011 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
3 | Suresh Raina | 2010-2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Total | 35 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
[edit] Women's cricket
[edit] Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match.The table of results is complete as of the end of the 2006/07 season.
Indian women's Test match captains | ||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
1 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1976/7 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1976/7 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1976/7 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1983/4 | Australia | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
2 | Nilima Jogalekar | 1984/1985† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
3 | Diana Edulji | 1984/5 | New Zealand | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1986 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
4 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1990/1 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
5 | Sandhya Agarwal | 1990/1† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
6 | Purnima Rau | 1994/5 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1995/6 | England | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
7 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995/6† | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
8 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
9 | Anjum Chopra | 2001/2 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2001/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
10 | Mamatha Maben | 2003/4 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
11 | Mithali Raj | 2005/6 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2005/6 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2006 | England | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
[edit] Women's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The World Cup Final appearance against Australia in 2004/5 represents India's best performance in a Women's World Cup.- Indian women's ODI captains
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[11] |
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1 | Diana Edulji | 1977/8, 1984/5 – 1993 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0[16] | 39 |
2 | Shantha Rangaswamy | 1981/2-1983/4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
3 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Purnima Rau | 1994/5-1995/6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0[17] | 63 |
5 | Pramila Bhatt | 1995/6-1997/8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1[18] | 0[19] | 79 |
6 | Chanderkanta Kaul | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
7 | Anju Jain | 2000/1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
8 | Anjum Chopra | 2001/2[20]-2002/3-2011/2012 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1[21] | 37 |
9 | Mamatha Maben | 2003/4-2004/5 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
10 | Mithali Raj | 2003-Present | 64 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
11 | Jhulan Goswami | 2008-2011 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
12 | Rumeli Dhar | 2008-2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 199 | 101 | 93 | 1 | 4 | 51 |
[edit] Records and highlights
- Raj has led India in the most number of ODI matches (64) followed by Anjum Chopra (28). Raj is listed at No. 4 on most matches as captain among all nations after Belinda Clark (101) , Charlotte Edwards (84),Clare Connor (66).[22]
- Raj is the only Indian woman to have scored a century while captaining the team. Her score of 108*[23] against Sri Lanka at National Stadium, Karachi is also the third highest score by an Indian batswoman in ODI cricket.
- Maben's 6/10 is the fifth best bowling figure in Women's ODI cricket[24] and the feat was achieved in the match where she was the captain of the Indian women's team. Incidentally, Maben's bowling figures are the current world record in women's cricket for the best bowling figures of a captain.
[edit] Women's Twenty-20 International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International.[25]Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[11] |
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1 | Mithali Raj | 2006-Present | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
2 | Jhulan Goswami | 2008-2011 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
3 | Anjum Chopra | 2012-2012 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
[edit] Youth cricket
[edit] Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The very nature of Under-19 cricket means that in practice no youth captains the side for more than one year. Three men, Srikkanth, Shastri and Dravid, have gone on to captain the senior side.The table of results is complete as of the end of the 2011/12 season.* mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test match or ODI match).
Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
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1 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth* | 1978/9† | Pakistan | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Vedraj Chauhan | 1978/9 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Ravi Shastri* | 1981 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Saba Karim* | 1984/5 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Anju Mudkavi | 1984/5† | Australia | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Amikar Dayal | 1986/7 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
7 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | 1987/8 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Janardhanan Ramdas | 1988/9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Ranjib Biswal | 1989/90 | Pakistan | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Rahul Dravid* | 1991/2 | New Zealand | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Manoj Joglekar | 1992/3 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Sridharan Sriram* | 1993/4 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Amit Sharma | 1994 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Kiran Powar | 1994/5 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
15 | Sanjay Raul | 1995/6 | South Africa | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Ajit Agarkar* | 1996/7† | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Jyoti Yadav | 1996/7 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Reetinder Sodhi* | 1998/9 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Ajay Ratra* | 2000/1 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Maninder Bisla | 2002† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao | 2002 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Ambati Rayudu* | 2004/5 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Tanmay Srivastava | 2006 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Piyush Chawla* | 2006/7 2006/7 |
Pakistan New Zealand Total |
Pakistan New Zealand |
2 3 5 |
2 1 3 |
0 1 1 |
0 1 1 |
25 | Virat Kohli* | 2008 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Ashok Menaria | 2009 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 67 | 20 | 12 | 35 |
[edit] Youth One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian U-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. India's first great success in Under-19 ODI cricket was in 1999/2000, when they won the Under-19 World Cup under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif. The feat was repeated in 2008/9 and 2012 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Unmukt Chand .The table of results is complete as of the end of the 2011/12 season.* mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one men's international match (Test match, ODI or T20 match).
Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Win %[11] |
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1 | Ravi Shastri* | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Saba Karim* | 1984/5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Anju Mudkavi | 1984/5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Amikar Dayal | 1986/7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
5 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | 1987/8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
6 | Arjan Kripal Singh | 1987/8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Ranjib Biswal | 1989/90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
8 | Rahul Dravid* | 1991/2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
9 | Manoj Joglekar | 1992/3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
10 | Amit Sharma | 1993/4-1994 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
11 | Kiran Powar | 1994/5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
12 | Sanjay Raul | 1995/6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
13 | Jyoti Yadav | 1997/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
14 | Amit Pagnis | 1997/8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
15 | Reetinder Sodhi* | 1998/9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
16 | Mohammad Kaif* | 1998/9-1999/2000 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
17 | Ajay Ratra* | 2000/1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
18 | Parthiv Patel* | 2001/2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
19 | Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao | 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
20 | Ambati Rayudu* | 2003/4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
21 | Dinesh Karthik* | 2003/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Manoj Tiwary* | 2004/5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
23 | Ravikant Shukla | 2005/06 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
24 | Tanmay Srivastava | 2006 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
25 | Piyush Chawla* | 2006/07 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
26 | Ravindra Jadeja* | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
27 | Virat Kohli* | 2008 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
28 | Ashok Menaria | 2009 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
29 | Unmukt Chand | 2012 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
Total | 170 | 126 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 74 |