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Captaincy in facts and figure

Tests: 10 Nov 2000 v Bangladesh at Dhaka (made 84 and achieved the rare feat of winning a Test on captaincy debut)
ODIs : 5 Sep 1999 v West Indies at Singapore (made 32 off 46 opening the innings, but India lost the match)

Captaincy record
Tests -

Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%
49	21	13	15	42.86

(No one has captained India in as many matches as Sourav Ganguly)
ODIs -

Mts	Won	Lost	NR	Won%
147	76	66	5	51.70

(Only Azharuddin has led India in more ODIs-174).

Year	Opposite	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
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
Total			49	21	13	15

* 10th Nov – It will be a day to remember for Sourav when his captaincy debut happened in 2000 and he ended his international career on the same date with a three overs captaincy offered by existing captain Dhoni Life comes to a full circle