List of India national cricket captains
Test match captains
This is the list of the 33 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match.

List of India national cricket captains

Section Title: Test match captains
Table Section Text: This is the list of the 33 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match.

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

Total	4	0	3

2	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	1936	England	England	3	0	2	1

Total	3	0	1

3	-	Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	1946	England	England	3	0	1	2

Total	0	1	2

4	Lala Amarnath at Lord's 1936	Lala Amarnath	1947/8	Australia	Australia	5	0	4	1

1948/9	West Indies	India	5	0	1

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	0	1	4

Total	14	1	8

6	-	Vinoo Mankad	1954/5	Pakistan	Pakistan	5	0	0	5

1958/9†	West Indies	India	1	0	1	0

Total	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	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	Pankaj Roy	1959†	England	England	1	0	1	0

Total	1	0	1	0

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	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi	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

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	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	Sunny Gavaskar Sahara	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	Bishan 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

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 cropped	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

1986/7	Sri Lanka	India	3	2	0	1

1986/7	Pakistan	India	5	0	1	4

Total	34	4	7	23

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 1	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

25	-	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	Pakistan	India	1	0	1	0

1998/9	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1

Total	47	14	14	19

26	Sachin Tendulkar	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

27	Sourav Ganguly crop	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

28	Rahul Dravid	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	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	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

2012/13	England	India	4	1	2	1

2012/13	Australia	India	4	4	0	0

2013/14	West Indies	India	2	2	0	0

2013/14	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	1	1

2013/14	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	1	1

2014	England	England	5	1	3	1

2014/15	Australia	Australia	2	0	1	1

Total	60	27	18	15

32	Virat Kolhi	Virat Kohli

2014/15†	Australia	Australia	2	0	1	1

2015	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1	0	0	1

2015	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0

2015/16	South Africa	India	4	3	0	1

2016	West Indies	West Indies	4	2	0	2

2016/17	New Zealand	India	3	3	0	0

2016/17	England	India	5	4	0	1

2017	Bangladesh	India	1	1	0	0

2017	Australia	India	3	1	1	1

2017	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0

2017	Sri Lanka	India	3	1	0	2

2018	South Africa	South Africa	3	1	2	0

2018	England	England	5	1	4	0

2018	West Indies	India	2	2	0	0

2018/19	Australia	Australia	4	2	1	1

Total	46	26	10	10

33	Sanathan sharma	Ajinkya Rahane

2017†	Australia	India	1	1	0	0

2018	Afghanistan	India	1	1	0	0

Total	2	2	0	0

Grand Total (1932-2018)	533	150	165	218

Sentence(s)

Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain of the Indian team in 1989.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth was made the captain of the Indian team in 1989.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth was captain of the Indian team in 1989.

final_sentence: Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain of the Indian team in 1989.
final_sentence: Krishnamachari Srikkanth was made the captain of the Indian team in 1989.
final_sentence: Krishnamachari Srikkanth was captain of the Indian team in 1989.