List of India national cricket captains - Wikipedia List of India national cricket captains The list includes all Indian captains of individual, women 's and youth cricket. India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference ( now the International Cricket Council ) on 31 May 1926. On 25 June 1932 it became the sixth Test nation after England, Australia, South Africa, the West Indies and New Zealand when they took on England at Lord 's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches and drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947 -- 48 when they played against Sir Donald Bradman 's Invincibles ( a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time ). Contents 1 International cricket 1.1 Test match captains 1.2 One Day International captains 1.3 Twenty - 20 International captains 2 Women 's cricket 2.1 Test match captains 2.2 Women 's One - Day International captains 2.3 Women 's Twenty - 20 International captains 3 Youth cricket 3.1 Test match captains 3.2 Youth One - Day International captains 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links International cricket Where a player has a dagger ( † ) next to a Test match series in which he captained @ least one Test, it denotes that the player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a serIndia cricket team captains ies. Test match captains This is the list of the 33 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful Indian test captain with 27 wins. The table of results is complete as of 22 August 2018. Indian Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn CK Nayudu 1932 England England 0 0 1933 / 4 England India 0 Total 0 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1936 England England 0 Total 0 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi 1946 England England 0 Total 0 Lala Amarnath 1947 / 8 Australia Australia 5 0 1948 / 9 West Indies India 5 0 1952 / 3 Pakistan India 5 Total 15 6 7 5 Vijay Hazare 1951 / 2 England India 5 1952 England England 0 1952 / 3 West Indies West Indies 5 0 Total 14 5 8 6 Vinoo Mankad 1954 / 5 Pakistan Pakistan 5 0 0 5 1958 / 9 † West Indies India 0 0 Total 6 0 5 7 Ghulam Ahmed 1955 / 6 † New Zealand India 0 0 1958 / 9 West Indies India 0 0 Total 0 8 Polly Umrigar 1955 / 6 New Zealand India 0 1956 / 7 Australia India 0 1958 / 9 † West Indies India 0 0 Total 8 9 Hemu Adhikari 1958 / 9 † West Indian India 0 0 Total 0 0 10 Datta Gaekwad 1959 England England 0 0 Total 0 0 11 Pankaj Roy 1959 † England England 0 0 Total 0 0 12 Gulabrai Ramchand 1959 / 60 Australia India 5 Total 5 13 Nari Contractor 1960 / 1 Pakistan India 5 0 0 5 1961 / 2 England India 5 0 1961 / 2 † West Indies West Indies 0 0 Total 12 8 14 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 1961 / 2 West Indies West Indies 0 0 1963 / 4 England India 5 0 0 5 1964 / 5 Australia India 1964 / 5 New Zealand India 0 1966 / 7 West Indies India 0 1967 England England 0 0 1967 / 8 Australia Australia 0 0 1967 / 8 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1969 / 70 New Zealand India 1969 / 70 Australia India 5 1974 / 5 West Indies India 0 Total 40 9 19 12 15 Chandu Borde 1967 / 8 † Australia Australia 0 0 Total 0 0 16 Ajit Wadekar 1970 / 1 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1971 England England 0 1972 / 3 England India 5 England England 0 0 Total 16 8 17 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 1974 / 5 † West Indies India 0 0 1979 England England 0 Total 5 0 18 Sunil Gavaskar 1975 / 6 † New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1978 / 9 West Indies India 6 0 5 1979 / 80 Australia India 6 0 1979 / 80 Pakistan India 5 0 1980 / 1 Australia Australia 1980 / 1 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1981 / 2 England India 6 0 5 1982 England England 0 1982 / 3 Sri Lanka India 0 0 1982 / 3 Pakistan Pakistan 6 0 1984 / 5 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 1984 / 5 England India 5 Total 47 9 8 30 19 Bishan Singh Bedi 1975 / 6 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1975 / 6 West Indies West Indies 1976 / 7 New Zealand India 0 1976 / 7 England India 5 1977 / 8 Australia Australia 5 0 1978 / 9 Pakistan Pakistan 0 Total 22 6 11 5 20 Gundappa Viswanath 1979 / 80 † Pakistan India 0 0 1979 / 1980 England India 0 0 Total 0 21 Kapil Dev 1982 / 3 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1983 / 4 Pakistan India 0 0 1983 / 4 West Indies India 6 0 1985 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 1985 / 6 Australia Australia 0 0 1986 England England 0 1986 / 7 Australia India 0 0 1986 / 7 Sri Lanka India 0 1986 / 7 Pakistan India 5 0 Total 34 7 23 22 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987 / 8 West Indies India 0 1988 / 9 New Zealand India 0 1988 / 9 West Indies West Indies 0 Total 10 5 23 Ravi Shastri 1987 / 8 † West Indies India 0 0 Total 0 0 24 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989 / 90 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 Total 0 0 25 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989 / 90 New Zealand New Zealand 0 England England 0 1990 / 1 Sri Lanka India 0 0 1991 / 2 Australia Australia 5 0 1992 / 3 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 0 1992 / 3 South Africa South Africa 0 1992 / 3 England India 0 0 1992 / 3 Zimbabwe India 0 0 1993 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 1993 / 4 Sri Lanka India 0 0 1993 / 4 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1994 / 5 West Indies India 1995 / 6 New Zealand India 0 England England 0 1997 / 8 Australia India 0 1998 / 9 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 0 1998 / 9 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1998 / 9 Pakistan India 0 1998 / 9 Pakistan India 0 0 1998 / 9 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 Total 47 14 14 19 26 Sachin Tendulkar 1996 / 7 Australia India 0 0 1996 / 7 South Africa India 0 1996 / 7 South Africa South Africa 0 1996 / 7 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1997 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 1997 / 8 Sri Lanka India 0 0 1999 / 2000 New Zealand India 0 1999 / 2000 Australia Australia 0 0 1999 / 2000 South Africa India 0 0 Total 25 9 12 27 Sourav Ganguly 2000 / 1 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2000 / 1 Zimbabwe India 0 2000 / 1 Australia India 0 2001 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 2001 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2001 / 2 South Africa South Africa 0 2001 / 2 England India 0 2001 / 2 Zimbabwe India 0 0 2001 / 2 West Indies West Indies 5 2002 England England 2002 / 3 West Indies India 0 2002 / 3 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 2003 / 4 New Zealand India 0 0 2003 / 4 Australia Australia 2003 / 4 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 2004 / 5 Australia India 0 2004 / 5 South Africa India 0 2004 / 5 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2004 / 5 Pakistan India 2005 / 6 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 0 Total 49 21 13 15 28 Rahul Dravid 2003 / 4 † New Zealand India 0 0 2003 / 4 † Pakistan Pakistan 0 2004 / 5 † Australia India 0 2005 / 6 Sri Lanka India 0 2005 / 6 Pakistan Pakistan 0 2005 / 6 England India 2005 / 6 West Indies West Indies 0 2006 / 7 South Africa South Africa 0 2007 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 2007 England England 0 Total 25 8 6 11 29 Virender Sehwag 2005 / 6 † Sri Lanka India 0 0 2009 † New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 2010 † Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2012 † Australia Australia 0 0 Total 30 Anil Kumble 2007 Pakistan India 0 2007 / 8 Australia Australia 2008 South Africa India 0 2008 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2008 Australia India 0 0 Total 14 5 6 31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2008 † South Africa India 0 0 2008 † Australia India 0 0 2008 England India 0 2009 New Zealand New Zealand 0 2009 Sri Lanka India 0 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 South Africa India 0 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Australia India 0 0 New Zealand India 0 South Africa South Africa 2011 West Indies West Indies 0 2011 England England 0 0 2011 West Indies India 0 2011 / 12 Australia Australia 0 0 2012 New Zealand India 0 0 2012 / 13 England India 2012 / 13 Australia India 0 0 2013 / 14 West Indies India 0 0 2013 / 14 South Africa South Africa 0 2013 / 14 New Zealand New Zealand 0 2014 England England 5 2014 / 15 Australia Australia 0 Total 60 27 18 15 32 Virat Kohli 2014 / 15 † Australia Australia 0 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 2015 / 16 South Africa India 0 2016 West Indies West Indies 0 2016 / 17 New Zealand India 0 0 2016 / 17 England India 5 0 2017 Bangladesh India 0 0 2017 Australia India 2017 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 2017 Sri Lanka India 0 2018 South Africa South Africa 0 2018 England England 0 Total 38 22 7 9 33 Ajinkya Rahane 2017 † Australia India 0 0 2018 Afghanistan India 0 0 Total 0 0 Grand Total ( 1932 - 2018 ) 523 146 160 217 One Day International captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International. Total 24 players have captained India in ODIs out of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful captain with 110 wins. He also hold record of highest loss with 74 match. Number Name Year Played Won Lost Tied No result Win % Ajit Wadekar 0 0 0 0.00 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1975 -- 1979 7 6 0 0 14.28 Bishen Singh Bedi 1975 - 1978 0 0 25.00 Sunil Gavaskar 1980 - 1985 37 14 21 0 40.00 5 Gundappa Viswanath 1980 0 0 0 0.00 6 Kapil Dev 1982 - 1992 74 39 33 0 54.16 7 Syed Kirmani 0 0 0 0.00 8 Mohinder Amarnath 1984 0 0 0 NA 9 Ravi Shastri 1986 - 1991 11 7 0 0 36.36 10 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987 - 1988 18 8 10 0 0 44.44 11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 13 8 0 33.33 12 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989 - 1999 174 90 76 6 53.57 13 Sachin Tendulkar 1996 - 1999 73 23 43 6 34.33 14 Ajay Jadeja 1997 - 1999 13 8 5 0 0 61.53 15 Sourav Ganguly 1999 -- 2005 146 76 65 0 5 53.90 16 Rahul Dravid 2000 - 2007 79 42 33 0 56.00 17 Anil Kumble 2001 0 0 0 100.00 18 Virender Sehwag 2003 - 2011 12 7 5 0 0 58.33 19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007 -- 2017 199 110 74 11 58.51 20 Suresh Raina 12 6 5 0 54.54 21 Gautam Gambhir 6 6 0 0 0 100.00 22 Virat Kohli 2013 - present 49 38 10 0 79.16 23 Ajinkya Rahane 2015 0 0 0 100.00 24 Rohit Sharma 2017 0 0 0 66.66 Twenty - 20 International captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. Only six players captained in T20I for India. From which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is most successful with 41 wins. Number Name Year Played Won Lost Tied No result Win % Virender Sehwag 2006 0 0 0 100.00 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007 -- 2016 73 42 28 59.85 Suresh Raina 0 0 0 100.00 Ajinkya Rahane 2015 0 0 50.00 5 Virat Kohli 2017 - present 15 10 5 0 0 66.66 6 Rohit Sharma 2017 - 2018 9 8 0 0 88.88 Total 103 65 35 63.10 Women 's cricket Where a player has a dagger ( † ) next to a Test match series in which she captained at least one Test, it denotes that the player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series. 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 updated as 11 September 2014. Indian women 's Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Shantha Rangaswamy 1976 / 7 West Indies India 6 1976 / 7 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1976 / 7 Australia Australia 0 0 1983 / 4 Australia India 0 0 Total 12 9 Nilima Jogalekar 1984 / 1985 † New Zealand India 0 0 Total 0 0 Diana Edulji 1984 / 5 New Zealand India 0 0 1986 England England 0 0 Total 0 0 Shubhangi Kulkarni 1986 † England England 0 0 1990 / 1 Australia Australia 0 Total 0 5 Sandhya Agarwal 1990 / 1 † Australia Australia 0 0 Total 0 0 6 Purnima Rau 1994 / 5 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1995 / 6 England India 0 Total 0 7 Pramila Bhatt 1995 / 6 † England India 0 0 Total 0 0 8 Chanderkanta Kaul 1999 England England 0 0 Total 0 0 9 Anjum Chopra 2001 / 2 England India 0 0 2001 / 2 South Africa South Africa 0 0 2002 England England 0 0 Total 0 10 Mamatha Maben 2003 / 4 New Zealand India 0 0 Total 0 0 11 Mithali Raj 2005 / 6 England India 0 0 2005 / 6 Australia Australia 0 0 2006 England England 0 2014 England England 0 0 Total 5 Total 35 6 25 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 % Diana Edulji 1977 / 8, 1984 / 5 -- 1993 18 7 11 0 0 38.88 Shantha Rangaswamy 1981 / 2 - 1983 / 4 16 12 0 0 25.00 Shubhangi Kulkarni 1986 0 0 0 0.00 Purnima Rau 1994 / 5 - 1995 / 6 8 5 0 0 62.50 5 Pramila Bhatt 1995 / 6 - 1997 / 8 7 5 0 78.57 6 Chanderkanta Kaul 1999 0 0 75.00 7 Anju Jain 2000 / 1 8 5 0 0 62.50 8 Anjum Chopra 2001 / 2 - 2002 / 3 - 2011 / 2012 28 10 17 0 37.03 9 Mamatha Maben 2003 / 4 - 2004 / 5 19 14 5 0 0 73.68 10 Mithali Raj 2003 -- present 81 45 33 0 55.55 11 Jhulan Goswami 2008 - 2011 25 12 13 0 0 48.00 12 Rumeli Dhar 2008 - 2008 0 0 0 0.00 13 Harmanpreet Kaur 2013 -- 2013 0 0 0 100.00 Total 219 113 101 51.59 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. Number Name Year Played Won Lost Tied No result Win % Mithali Raj 2006 -- present 32 17 15 0 0 53.12 Jhulan Goswami 2008 - 2011 18 8 10 0 0 41.17 Anjum Chopra 2012 - 2012 10 7 0 0 30.00 Harmanpreet Kaur 2012 - 2016 13 9 0 0 69.23 Total 66 33 33 0 0 50.00 Youth cricket Test match captains This is a list of cricketers whose 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. Four men, Srikkanth, Shastri, Dravid and Virat have gone on to captain the senior side. The table of results is complete as of August 2014. * 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 Krishnamachari Srikkanth * 1978 / 9 † Pakistan India 0 0 Vedraj Chauhan 1978 / 9 Pakistan India 0 0 Ravi Shastri * 1981 England England 0 0 Saba Karim * 1984 / 5 Australia India 0 5 Anju Mudkavi 1984 / 5 † Australia India 0 0 6 Amikar Dayal 1986 / 7 Australia Australia 0 7 Myluahanan Senthilnathan 1987 / 8 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 8 Janardhanan Ramdas 1988 / 9 Pakistan Pakistan 0 9 Ranjib Biswal 1989 / 90 Pakistan India 0 10 Rahul Dravid * 1991 / 2 New Zealand India 0 11 Manoj Joglekar 1992 / 3 England India 12 Sridharan Sriram * 1993 / 4 Australia India 13 Amit Sharma 1994 England England 0 14 Kiran Powar 1994 / 5 Australia Australia 0 15 Sanjay Raul 1995 / 6 South Africa India 16 Ajit Agarkar * 1996 / 7 † Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 17 Jyoti Yadav 1996 / 7 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 18 Reetinder Sodhi * 1998 / 9 Sri Lanka India 0 0 19 Ajay Ratra * 2003 / 4 England India 0 20 Manvinder Bisla 2002 † England England 0 0 21 Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao 2002 England England 0 22 Ambati Rayudu * 2004 / 5 England India 0 0 23 Tanmay Srivastava 2006 England England 0 2007 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 Total 5 0 24 Piyush Chawla * 2006 Pakistan India 0 0 2007 New Zealand India Total 5 25 Virat Kohli * 2008 South Africa South Africa 0 26 Ashok Menaria 2009 Australia Australia 0 27 Vijay Zol 2014 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 Total 69 20 12 37 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 16 August 2014. * 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 % Ravi Shastri 1981 0 0 0 0.00 Saba Karim 1985 0 0 0 0.00 Anju Mudkavi 1985 0 0 0 0.00 Amikar Dayal 1986 0 0 33.33 5 M. Senthilnathan 1988 8 5 0 0 62.50 6 Arjan Kripal Singh 1988 0 0 0 0.00 7 Ranjib Biswal 1989 / 90 5 0 0 80.00 8 Rahul Dravid 0 0 66.66 9 Manoj Joglekar 1993 0 0 0 100.00 10 Amit Sharma 1994 5 0 0 40.00 11 Kiran Powar 1995 0 0 33.33 12 Sanjay Raul 0 0 0 100.00 13 Jyoti Yadav 1997 / 8 0 0 33.33 14 Amit Pagnis 1997 6 0 0 66.66 15 Reetinder Sodhi 1999 0 0 0 100.00 16 Mohammad Kaif 1999 / 00 9 9 0 0 0 100.00 17 Ajay Ratra 2001 0 0 66.66 18 Parthiv Patel 2002 7 0 0 57.14 19 Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao 2002 0 0 0 100.00 20 Ambati Rayudu 2003 / 04 10 8 0 0 80.00 21 Dinesh Karthik 0 0 0 0.00 22 Manoj Tiwary 2005 5 0 0 80.00 23 Ravikant Shukla 2005 / 06 17 15 0 0 88.23 24 Tanmay Srivastava 2006 / 07 7 7 0 0 0 100.00 25 Piyush Chawla 2006 / 07 12 11 0 0 91.66 26 Ravindra Jadeja 2007 0 0 0 100.00 27 Virat Kohli 2008 11 11 0 0 0 100.00 28 Ashok Menaria 2009 / 10 12 8 0 0 66.66 29 Unmukt Chand 2011 / 12 21 15 5 0 73.80 30 Vijay Zol 2013 / 14 22 18 0 85.71 31 Sanju Samson 2014 0 0 0 100.00 32 Ricky Bhui 2015 0 0 0 100.00 33 Virat Singh 2015 0 0 0 100.00 34 Rishabh Pant 2015 0 0 0 100.00 35 Ishan Kishan 2015 8 7 0 0 87.50 36 Abhishek Sharma 2016 5 5 0 0 00 100.00 Bibliography Surya Prakash Chaturvedi, Humaare Kaptaan : Naidu se Dhoni Tak, Rajkamal Prakashan, 2010 References Jump up ^ `` India -- Tests ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2010. ^ Jump up to : Includes one Tied Test Match ^ Jump up to : Asian Test Championship Jump up ^ `` Results Global ESPN Cricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Results Global ESPN Cricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Results Global ESPN Cricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Mohammed Azharuddin vs Sourav Ganguly vs MS Dhoni - Who is India 's best captain in recent times ? ''. 2014 - 08 - 12. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 22. ^ Jump up to : Win % = ( matches won + 0.5 * matches tied ) / ( matches played - matches abandoned ) and is rounded to the nearest number as percentage ^ Jump up to : Sourav Ganguly also captained the ACC Asian XI in the ODI against the ICC World XI held on 10 January 2005 for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. The ACC Asian XI lost that ODI Jump up ^ Match against Australia Women 's team during 1990 / 1 season in Manuka Oval ( Canberra ) was abandoned. ( Source : `` Australia Women v India Women -- India Women in Australia 1990 / 91 ( Only ODI ) ''. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007. ) However the match is not recorded in the game books. Jump up ^ Match against Australia Women 's team during 1994 / 5 season in Smallbone Park ( Rotorua ) abandoned. ( Source : `` Australia Women v India Women -- New Zealand Women 's Centenary Tournament 1994 / 95 ''. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007. ) However the match is not recorded in the game books. < / Jump up ^ The match between Indian women 's team and New Zealand women 's team in the 1997 / 98 Hero Honda Women 's Cricket World Cup at Nehru Stadium, Indore ended in a tie when India were dismissed for 176. This is the only tied ODI game in Indian Women 's cricket. ( Source : `` India Women v New Zealand Women, Group B -- Hero Honda Women 's World Cup, 1997 / 98, 21st Match ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2007. ) Jump up ^ Match against Sri Lankan Women 's team during 1997 / 98 Hero Honda Women 's World Cup in Feroz Shah Kotla ( New Delhi ) abandoned. `` India Women v Sri Lanka Women -- Hero Honda Women 's World Cup 1997 / 98 ( Group B ) ''. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007. However the match is not recorded in the game books. Jump up ^ New Zealand Women 's tour of India was cancelled. The tour was scheduled to have 5 ODI matches Jump up ^ Two of India 's matches in the 2002 Women 's Tri-Series involving England Women 's team and Ireland Women 's team were abandoned. The game at Riverside Ground ( Chester - le - Street ) is reflected in the rule books while another game at Fox Lodge Cricket Club ( Strabane ) is not reflected in the official records. Jump up ^ `` Indian women 's cricket team - Twenty 20 International ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 Sep 2012. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=7593;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=won;result=1;result=2;result=3;result=4;team=6;template=results;type=team http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1;id=6;type=team External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Captains of the India national cricket team. CricketArchive Cricinfo India Test cricket captains 1932 -- 1933 / 34 : Nayudu 1936 : Vizianagaram 1946 : Pataudi, Sr. 1947 / 48 -- 1952 / 53 : Amarnath 1951 / 52 -- 1952 / 53 : Hazare 1954 / 55 ; 1958 / 59 : Mankad 1955 / 56 ; 1958 / 59 : Ahmed 1955 / 56 -- 1956 / 57 ; 1958 / 59 : Umrigar 1958 / 59 : Adhikari 1959 : Gaekwad 1959 : Roy 1959 / 60 : Ramchand 1960 / 61 -- 1961 / 62 ; 1961 / 62 : Contractor 1961 / 62 -- 1974 / 75 : Pataudi, Jr. 1967 / 68 : Borde 1970 / 71 -- 1974 : Wadekar 1974 / 75 ; 1979 : Venkataraghavan 1975 / 76 ; 1978 / 79 -- 1984 / 85 : Gavaskar 1975 / 75 -- 1978 / 79 : Bedi 1979 / 80 ; 1979 / 80 : Viswanath 1982 / 83 -- 1986 / 87 : Kapil Dev 1987 / 88 -- 1988 / 89 : Vengsarkar 1987 / 88 : Shastri 1989 / 90 : Srikkanth 1989 / 90 -- 1998 / 99 : Azhar 1996 / 97 -- 1999 / 00 : Tendulkar 2000 / 01 -- 2005 / 06 : Ganguly 2003 / 04 ; 2004 / 05 ; 2005 / 06 -- 2007 : Dravid 2005 / 06 ; 2009 ; 2010 ; 2012 : Sehwag 2007 -- 2008 : Kumble 2008 -- 2014 : Dhoni 2014 / 15 ; 2015 -- : Kohli 2016 / 17 : Rahane Italics denote deputised captaincy India ODI cricket captains 1974 : Wadekar 1975 -- 1979 : Venkataraghavan 1975 / 76 -- 1978 / 79 : Bedi 1980 / 81 -- 1985 / 86 : Gavaskar 1980 / 81 : Viswanath 1982 / 83 -- 1992 / 93 : Kapil Dev 1983 / 84 : Kirmani 1984 / 85 : Amarnath 1986 / 87 -- 1991 / 92 : Shastri 1987 / 88 -- 1988 / 89 : Vengsarkar 1989 / 90 : Srikkanth 1989 / 90 -- 1999 : Azharuddin 1996 -- 1999 / 00 : Tendulkar 1997 / 98 -- 1999 / 00 : Jadeja 1999 -- 2005 : Ganguly 2000 / 01 -- 2007 : Dravid 2001 / 02 : Kumble 2003 -- 2011 : Sehwag 2007 -- 2016 : Dhoni 2010 -- 2014 : Raina 2011 : Gambhir 2013 -- present : Kohli 2015 : Rahane India T20I cricket captains 2006 : Sehwag 2007 -- 2016 : Dhoni 2010 -- 2011 : Raina 2015 : Rahane 2016 - : Kohli National cricket captains Test nations Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe ODI nations Bermuda Canada East Africa Hong Kong Kenya Namibia Nepal Netherlands Oman PNG Scotland United Arab Emirates United States of America Cricket in India Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ) National teams India India A U-19 Women Blind Zonal teams Central East North South West State teams Andhra Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Gujarat Goa Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services ( M ) Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha Tournaments First - class Ranji Trophy Duleep Trophy Irani Cup Senior Women 's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game One Day Vijay Hazare Trophy Deodhar Trophy BCCI Corporate Trophy Senior Women 's Challenger Trophy Senior Women 's One Day League NKP Salve Challenger Trophy ( defunct ) Twenty20 Indian Premier League Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Senior Women 's T20 League Senior Women 's T20 Challenger Trophy Other Rohinton Baria Trophy Cooch Behar Trophy Celebrity Cricket League Indian Cricket League ( defunct ) BCCI Presidents Members Selectors Awards Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture National Cricket Academy Lists Captains Test wicket - keepers ODI wicket - keepers International grounds Test records ODI records T20I records Others History India -- Pakistan cricket rivalry Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_India_national_cricket_captains&oldid=856171061 '' Categories : Indian cricket captains India in international cricket Lists of Indian cricketers Lists of cricket captains Hidden categories : Use Indian English from July 2013 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from September 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা हिन्दी മലയാളം मराठी ଓଡ଼ିଆ Edit links This page was last edited on 23 August 2018, at 10 : 32 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was the first caption of india cricket team
Answer: CK Nayudu