Indian Cricket Team Captain List (1932-2022): TEST, ODI, T20

If you are looking for the Indian Cricket Team Captain List then this is the perfect article for you. In this article, we have published the information of all the Indian captains since India set foot in the world of cricket in 1932.

On 31 May 1922, India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (Now known as the International Cricket Council). On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth test country to become a full-time member of the ICC after England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, and New Zealand.

India started playing international cricket in 1932 with the first Test match against England in England. C.K. Nayudu captained India in that match. In the history of Indian cricket, C.K. Nayudu was the first captain of the Indian cricket team.

Currently, Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Men’s Indian Cricket Team in all formats. In this 90-year cricket history, India has seen many captains who have captained India in Test cricket, ODI cricket, or T20 cricket. But till now Virat Kohli is India’s most successful captain after MS Dhoni.

In 1975 India played its first ICC World Cup under Srinivas Venkataghavan. India won the first World Cup under Kapil Dev in 1983.

Here is the all-Indian cricket team captain list, who represented India in all three formats.

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List of Indian test captains:

A total of 35 players have captained India in Test matches, with Virat Kohli being the most successful with 60% of the wins.

This is the Indian cricket team captain list who has captained in at least one Test match.

NO.	NAME	YEAR	PLAYED	WON	LOST	DRAWN
1	C.K. Nayudu	1932-1934	4	0	3	1
2	Maharajkumar	1936	3	0	2	1
3	Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	1946	3	0	1	2
4	Lala Amarnath	1947-1953	15	2	6	7
5	Vijay Hazare	1951-1953	14	1	5	8
6	Vinoo Mankad	1954-1959	6	0	1	5
7	Ghulam Ahmed	1955-1959	3	0	2	1
8	Polly Umrigar	1955-1959	8	2	2	4
9	Hemu Adhikari	1958-59	1	0	0	1
10	Datta Gaekwad	1959	4	0	4	0
11	Pankaj Roy	1959	1	0	1	0
12	Gulabrai Ramchand	1959-1960	5	1	2	2
13	Nari Contractor	1960-1962	12	2	2	8
14	Mansoor Ali Khan Patuadi	1961-1975	40	9	19	12
15	Chandu Borde	1967-1968	1	0	1	0
16	Ajit Wadekar	1970-1974	16	4	4	8
17	Srinivas Venkataghavan	1974-1979	5	0	2	3
18	Sunil Gavaskar	1975-1985	47	9	8	30
19	Bishen Singh Bedi	1975-1979	22	6	11	5
20	Gundappa Vishwanath	1979-1980	2	0	1	1
21	Kapil Dev	1982-1987	34	4	7	23
22	Dilip Vengasarkar	1987-1989	10	2	5	3
23	Ravi Shastri	1987-1988	1	1	0	0
24	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989-1990	4	0	0	4
25	Mohammad Azharuddin	1989-1999	47	14	14	19
26	Sachin Tendulkar	1996-2000	25	4	9	12
27	Saurav Ganguly	2000-2006	49	21	13	15
28	Rahul Dravid	2003-2007	25	8	6	11
29	Virendra Sehwag	2005-2012	4	2	1	1
30	Anil Kumble	2007-2008	14	3	5	6
31	M.S. Dhoni	2008-2015	60	27	18	15
32	Virat Kohli	2015-2021	68	40	17	11
33	Ajinkya Rahane	2017-2021	6	4	0	2
34	KL Rahul	2021-2022+	1	0	1	0
35	Rohit Sharma	2021-2022+	2	2	0	0

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List of Indian ODI captains:

Ajit Wadekar was the first ODI captain of the Indian cricket team. Who became a captain in 1974.

Till now a total of 26 players have led India in ODIs, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading the way with 110 wins.

This is the Indian cricket team captain list who has captained in at least one ODI match.

NO.	NAME	YEAR	PLAYED	WON	LOST	TIED	NO RESULT
1	Ajit Wadekar	1974	2	0	2	0	0
2	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	1975-1979	7	1	6	0	0
3	Bishen Singh Bedi	1975–1978	4	1	3	0	0
4	Sunil Gavaskar	1980–1985	37	14	21	0	2
5	Gundappa Viswanath	1980	1	0	1	0	0
6	Kapil Dev	1982–1992	74	39	33	0	2
7	Syed Kirmani	1983	1	0	1	0	0
8	Mohinder Amarnath	1984	1	0	0	0	1
9	Ravi Shastri	1986–1991	11	4	7	0	0
10	Dilip Vengsarkar	1987–1988	18	8	10	0	0
11	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989	13	4	8	0	1
12	Mohammad Azharuddin	1989–1999	174	90	76	2	6
13	Sachin Tendulkar	1996–1999	73	23	43	1	6
14	Ajay Jadeja	1998–1999	13	8	5	0	0
15	Sourav Ganguly	1999–2005	146	76	65	0	5
16	Rahul Dravid	2000–2007	79	42	33	0	4
17	Anil Kumble	2001	1	1	0	0	0
18	Virender Sehwag	2003–2011	12	7	5	0	0
19	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007–2018	200	110	74	5	11
20	Suresh Raina	2010	12	6	5	0	1
21	Gautam Gambhir	2010-2011	6	6	0	0	0
22	Virat Kohli	2013–Present	95	65	27	1	2
23	Ajinkya Rahane	2015	3	3	0	0	0
24	Rohit Sharma	2017–2019	13	11	2	0	0
25	Shikhar Dhawan	2021	3	2	1	0	0
26	KL Rahul	2022+	3	0	3	0	0

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List of Indian T20 captains:

On December 1, 2006, India played their first T20 match against South Africa in Johannesburg.

Virender Sehwag led the Indian team in this first T20 match. In that match, India won by 6 wickets against South Africa.

The Indian team in the 1st T-20 match was: Virender Sehwag (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh  Mongia, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh  Karthik, Suresh  Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Sreesanth

Till now a total of six players has led India in the T20s, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni being the most successful captain with 41 wins.

This is the Indian cricket team captain list who have captained in at least one T20 International.

NO.	NAME	YEAR	PLAYED	WON	LOST	TIED	NO RESULT
1	Virender Sehwag	2006	1	1	0	0	0
2	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007–2016	72	41	28	1	2
3	Suresh Raina	2010–2011	3	3	0	0	0
4	Ajinkya Rahane	2015	2	1	1	0	0
5	Virat Kohli	2017–present	45	29	14	0	2
6	Rohit Sharma	2017–2022+	28	24	4	0	0
7	Shikhar Dhawan	2021	3	1	2	0	0

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FAQ:

1. Who was the first captain of the Indian cricket team?

Answer: Colonel CK Nayudu was the first captain in the history of the Indian cricket team. He first led the Indian team against England at Lords, in 1932. He led the Indian team in 4 Tests. In which 3 matches were lost and 1 was drawn.

2. Who was the first ODI captain for India?

Answer: Stylish left-arm batsman Ajit Wadekar was India’s first ODI captain. Under his leadership, India played its first ODI against England in Leeds on 13 July 1974. He scored 67 runs in that match. He led the Indian team in just 2 one day matches.

3. Who was the first captain of the Indian cricket team after Independence?

Answer: Lala Amarnath was the first Test cricket captain of the independent Indian team. He was a great all-rounder. He is best remembered as the first Indian to score a Test century in his debut match against England in 1933. He was also the first captain to lead India to their first-ever Test victory.

4. Who is the most successful captain in Test cricket?

Answer: Virat Kohli, the great batsman of modern times, is the most successful Indian captain in the longest format. So far as captain he has played 68 Test matches in which he has won 40, lost 17, and drawn 11.

Based on the winning percentage, the Indian team under his leadership has won almost 60% of the matches. That is far more than the winning percentage of all Indian captains. Recently, under his leadership, the Indian team played in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship.

5. Who is the most successful captain in T20 cricket?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( MS Dhoni) is the most successful Indian captain in T20 cricket. As a captain, he has led the Indian team in a total of 72 matches. Out of which 41 have won, 28 have lost and 2 have been drawn.

Conclusion: In this article, we have prepared the Indian cricket team captain list. Most of the information we have used in this article is based on various information available on the internet. So we apologize for any mistake in this article. But don’t worry, we have tried our best to make the article accurate.