Statistic of Indian Captains :

 

Men's cricket

 

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. . Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed for a minor proportion in a series.

Indian Test match captains

Number

Name

Year

Opposition

Location

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

1

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

3

Nawab of Pataudi, snr

1946

England

England

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

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

10

Datta Gaekwad

1959

England

England

4

0

4

0

11

Pankaj Roy

1959

England

England

1

0

1

1

12

Gulabrai Ramchand

1959/ 60

Australia

India

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, jun

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

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

Srinivasaraghavan 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