List of India Test cricketers

This is a list of Test cricketers who have played for India. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Players

Statistics are correct as of 25 February 2021.List of India Test Cricketers

 Indian Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding Cap Name First Last MatRunsHSAvg100/50WktBBIAve5/10 wicketCaSt1Amar Singh1932193672925122.460/1287/8630.642/0302Sorabji Colah193219332693117.250/0----/-203Jahangir Khan19321936439135.570/044/6063.750/0404Lall Singh193219321442922.000/0----/-105Naoomal Jeoomal1932193431084327.000/021/434.000/0006Janardan Navle193219332421310.500/0----/-107C. K. Nayudu1932193673508125.000/293/4042.880/0408Nazir Ali19321934230137.500/044/8320.750/0009Mohammad Nissar19321936655146.870/0255/9028.283/02010Phiroze Palia19321936229169.660/00--0/00011Wazir Ali1932193672374216.920/00--0/01012Lala Amarnath193319522487811824.381/4455/9632.912/013013L. P. Jai19331933119199.500/0----/-0014Rustomji Jamshedji19331933154*-0/033/13745.660/02015Vijay Merchant193319511085915447.723/30--0/07016Ladha Ramji193319331110.500/00--0/01017Dilawar Hussain1934193632545942.330/3----/-6118M. J. Gopalan1934193411811*18.000/011/3939.000/03019Mushtaq Ali193419521161211232.212/331/4567.330/07020C. S. Nayudu1934195211147369.180/021/19179.500/03021Yadavindra Singh193419341846042.000/1----/-2022Dattaram Hindlekar193619464712614.200/0----/-3023Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju1936193633319*8.250/0----/-1024Khershed Meherhomji19361936100*-0/0----/-1025Cotah Ramaswami1936193621706056.660/1----/-0026Baqa Jilani193619361161216.000/00--0/00027Gul MohammadGul Mohammad's name is sometimes recorded as Gul Mahomed.194619528Amir Elahi, Abdul Hafeez and Gul Mohammad also played cricket for Pakistan. Only their records for India are given above.1663411.060/022/2112.000/03028Vijay Hazare19461953302192164*47.657/9204/2961.000/011029Abdul HafeezAbdul Hafeez played cricket for Pakistan under the name Abdul Hafeez Kardar.194619463804316.000/0----/-0030Vinoo Mankad1946195944210923131.475/61628/5232.328/233031Rusi Modi194619521073611246.001/60--0/03032Nawab of Pataudi Sr19461946 3Nawab of Pataudi Sr had already played cricket for England. Only his records for India are given above.552211.000/0----/-1033Sadashiv Shinde194619527851414.160/0126/9159.751/00034Chandu Sarwate1946195192083713.000/031/16124.660/00035Ranga Sohoni1946195148329*16.600/021/16101.000/02036Hemu Adhikari1947195921872114*31.141/433/6827.330/08037Jenni Irani19471947232*3.000/0----/-2138Gogumal Kishenchand19471952589448.900/0----/-1039Khandu Rangnekar19471948333185.500/0----/-1040Amir Elahi19471947117138.500/0----/-0041Dattu Phadkar1947195931122912332.342/8627/15936.853/021042Kanwar Rai Singh194819481262413.000/0----/-0043Probir Sen19481952141652511.780/0----/-201144C. R. Rangachari19481948488*2.660/095/10754.771/00045Khanmohammad Ibrahim1948194941698521.120/1----/-0046Keki Tarapore194819481222.000/00--0/00047Polly Umrigar1948196259363122342.2212/14356/7442.082/033048Montu Banerjee194919491000.000/054/12036.200/03049Ghulam Ahmed1949195922192508.720/1687/4930.174/111050Nirode Chowdhury19491951233*3.000/011/130205.000/00051Madhusudan Rege19491949115157.500/0----/-1052Shute Banerjee1949194911386.500/054/5425.400/00053Nana Joshi195119601220752*10.890/1----/-18954Pankaj Roy1951196043244217332.565/911/666.000/016055C. D. Gopinath19511960824250*22.000/111/1111.000/02056Madhav Mantri19511955467399.570/0----/-8157Buck Divecha195219525602612.000/0113/10232.810/05058Subhash Gupte1952196136183216.310/01499/10229.5512/114059Vijay Manjrekar19521965553208189* 39.127/1511/1644.000/019260Datta Gaekwad19521961113505218.420/10--0/05061Gulabrai Ramchand1952196033118010924.582/5416/4946.311/020062Hiralal Gaekwad195219521221411.000/00--0/00063Shah Nyalchand19521952176*7.000/033/9732.330/00064Madhav Apte195219537542163* 49.271/30--0/02065Bal Dani195219521----/-11/919.000/01066Vijay Rajindernath195219521----/-----/-0467Ebrahim Maka19521953222*-0/0----/-2168Deepak Shodhan19521953318111060.331/00--0/01069Chandrasekhar Gadkari19531955612950*21.500/10--0/06070Jayasinghrao Ghorpade1953195982294115.260/00--0/04071Pananmal Punjabi1955195551643316.400/0----/-5072Naren Tamhane195519612122554*10.220/1----/-351673Prakash Bhandari195519563773919.250/00--0/01074Jasu Patel19551960725122.770/0299/6921.962/12075A. G. Kripal Singh1955196414422100*28.131/2103/4358.400/04076Narain Swamy195519551----/-0--0/00077Nari Contractor1955196231161110831.581/1111/980.000/018078Vijay Mehra1955196483296225.300/20--0/01079Sadashiv Patil1955195511414*-0/021/1525.500/01080Bapu Nadkarni19551968411414122*25.701/7886/4329.074/122081Gundibail Sunderam19551956233*-0/032/4655.330/00082Chandrakant Patankar195619561141314.000/0----/-3183Chandu Borde19581969553061177*35.595/18525/8846.481/037084Ghulam Guard1958196021175.500/032/6960.660/02085Manohar Hardikar1958195825632*18.660/011/955.000/03086Vasant Ranjane19581964740166.660/0194/7234.150/01087Ramnath Kenny1959196052456227.220/3----/-1088Surendranath19591961111362710.460/0265/7540.502/04089Apoorva Sengupta195919591984.500/0----/-0090Ramakant Desai19591968284188513.480/1746/5637.312/09091M. L. Jaisimha1959197139205612930.683/1292/5492.110/017092Arvind Apte1959195911587.500/0----/-0093Abbas Ali Baig195919671042811223.771/20--0/06094V. M. Muddiah19591960211115.500/032/4044.660/00095Salim Durani1960197329120210425.041/7756/7335.423/114096Budhi Kunderan196019671898119232.702/30--0/023797A. G. Milkha Singh196019614923515.330/00--0/02098Man Sood196019601331.500/0----/-0099Rusi Surti196019692612639928.700/9425/7446.711/0260100Baloo Gupte1961196532817*28.000/031/54116.330/000101Vaman Kumar196119612663.000/075/6428.851/020102Farokh Engineer1961197546261112131.082/16----/-6616103Dilip Sardesai1961197230200121239.235/90--0/040104Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi19611975462793203*34.916/1611/1088.000/0270105E. A. S. Prasanna19621978497353711.480/01898/7630.3810/2180106B. S. Chandrasekhar1964197958167224.070/02428/7929.7416/2250107Rajinder Pal19641964163*6.000/00--0/000108Hanumant Singh196419691468610531.181/50--0/0110109Kumar Indrajitsinhji19641969451238.500/0----/-63110Srinivas Venkataraghavan19651983577486411.680/21568/7236.113/1440111Venkataraman Subramanya1965196892637518.780/232/3267.000/090112Ajit Wadekar1966197437211314331.071/140--0/0460113Bishan Singh Bedi196719796765650*8.980/12667/9828.7114/1260114Subrata Guha1967196941763.400/032/55103.660/020115Ramesh Saxena196719671251612.500/00--0/000116Abid Ali196719742910188120.360/6476/5542.121/0320117Umesh Kulkarni1967196841374.330/052/3747.600/000118Chetan Chauhan196919814020849731.570/1621/453.000/0380119Ashok Mankad19691978229919725.410/60--0/0120120Ajit Pai1969196911095.000/022/2915.500/000121Ambar Roy196919694914813.000/0----/-00122Ashok Gandotra196919692541813.500/00--0/010123Eknath Solkar1969197727106810225.421/6183/2859.440/0530124Gundappa Viswanath1969198391608022241.9314/3511/1146.000/0630125Mohinder Amarnath1969198869437813842.5011/24324/6355.680/0470126Kenia Jayantilal197119711555.000/0----/-00127Pochiah Krishnamurthy19711971533205.500/0----/-71128Sunil Gavaskar1971198712510122236*51.1234/4511/34206.000/01080129Ramnath Parkar197219732803520.000/0----/-00130Madan Lal197419863910427422.650/5715/2340.084/0150131Brijesh Patel1974197721972115*29.451/5----/-170132Sudhir Naik1974197531417723.500/1----/-00133Hemant Kanitkar1974197421116527.750/1----/-00134Parthasarathy Sharma1974197751875418.700/10--0/010135Anshuman Gaekwad1975198540198520130.072/1021/493.500/0150136Karsan Ghavri19751981399138621.230/21095/3333.544/0160137Surinder Amarnath197619781055012430.551/311/55.000/040138Syed Kirmani1976198688275910227.042/1211/913.000/016038139Dilip Vengsarkar19761992116686816642.1317/350--0/0780140Yajurvindra Singh19771979410943*18.160/00--0/0110141Kapil Dev19781994131524816331.058/274349/8329.6423/2640142M. V. Narasimha Rao1979197944620*9.200/032/4675.660/080143Dhiraj Parsana197919792110.500/011/3250.000/000144Bharath Reddy19791979438219.500/0----/-92145Yashpal Sharma1979198337160614033.452/911/617.000/0160146Dilip Doshi1979198333129204.600/01146/10230.716/0100147Shivlal Yadav19791987354034314.390/01025/7635.093/0100148Roger Binny197919872783083*23.050/5476/5632.632/0110149Sandeep Patil1980198429158817436.934/792/2826.660/0120150Kirti Azad1981198371352411.250/032/84124.330/030151Ravi Shastri1981199280383020635.7911/121515/7540.962/0360152Yograj Singh1981198111065.000/011/6363.000/000153T. E. Srinivasan198119811482924.000/0----/-00154Krishnamachari Srikkanth1981199243206212329.882/120--0/0400155Ashok Malhotra19821985722672*25.110/10--0/020156Pranab Roy1982198227160*35.500/1----/-10157Ghulam Parkar198219821763.500/0----/-10158Suru Nayak19821982219119.500/011/16132.000/010159Arun Lal19821989167299326.030/60--0/0130160Rakesh Shukla198219821----/-22/8276.000/000161Maninder Singh198219933599153.800/0887/2737.363/290162Balwinder Sandhu1983198382147130.570/2103/8755.700/010163T. A. Sekhar19831983200*-0/00--0/000164Laxman Sivaramakrishnan1983198691302516.250/0266/6444.033/190165Raghuram Bhat198319832663.000/042/6537.750/000166Navjot Singh Sidhu1983199951320220142.139/150--0/090167Chetan Sharma19841989233965422.000/1616/5835.454/170168Manoj Prabhakar1984199539160012032.651/9966/13237.303/0200169Mohammad Azharuddin1985200099621519945.0322/210--0/01050170Gopal Sharma1985199051110*3.660/0104/8841.800/020171Lalchand Rajput1985198521056126.250/1----/-10172Sadanand Viswanath19851985331206.200/0----/-110173Kiran More198619934912857325.700/70--0/011020174Chandrakant Pandit1986199251713924.420/0----/-142175Raju Kulkarni198619873221.000/053/8545.400/010176Bharat Arun19861987242*4.000/043/7629.000/020177Raman Lamba1986198741025320.400/1----/-50178Arshad Ayub19871989132575717.130/1415/5035.073/020179Sanjay Manjrekar1987199637204321837.144/90--0/0251180Narendra Hirwani198819961754175.400/0668/6130.104/150181Woorkeri Raman19881997114489624.880/421/764.500/060182Ajay Sharma198819881533026.500/00--0/010183Rashid Patel198819881000.000/00--0/010184Sanjeev Sharma198819902563828.000/063/3741.160/010185M. Venkataramana19891989100*-0/011/1058.000/010186Salil Ankola198919891666.000/021/3564.000/000187Sachin Tendulkar1989201320015921248*53.8651/68453/1054.640/01150188Vivek Razdan19891989266*6.000/055/7928.201/000189Venkatapathy Raju19902001282403110.000/0936/1230.725/160190Atul Wassan199019904945323.500/1104/10850.400/010191Gursharan Singh199019901181818.000/0----/-20192Anil Kumble199020081322506110*17.771/561910/7429.6535/8600193Javagal Srinath199120026710097614.210/42368/8630.4910/1220194Subroto Banerjee199219921333.000/033/4715.660/000195Pravin Amre199219931142510342.501/3----/-90196Ajay Jadeja19922000155769626.180/4----/-50197Rajesh Chauhan199319982198237.000/0474/4839.510/0120198Vinod Kambli1993199517108422754.204/3----/-70199Vijay Yadav199319931303030.000/0----/-12200Nayan Mongia1994200144144215224.031/6----/-998201Aashish Kapoor199419964974219.400/062/1942.500/010202Sunil Joshi19962000153529220.700/1415/14235.851/070203Paras Mhambrey199619962582829.000/021/4374.000/010204Venkatesh Prasad199620013320330*7.510/0966/3335.007/160205Vikram Rathour1996199761314413.100/0----/-120206Sourav Ganguly19962008113721223942.1716/35323/2852.530/0710207Rahul Dravid19962012164Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag have also played one test for the ICC World XI.1328827052.3136/6311/1839.000/02100208David Johnson199619962854.000/032/5247.660/000209V. V. S. Laxman19962012134878128145.9717/5621/263.000/01350210Dodda Ganesh1997199742586.250/052/2857.400/000211Abey Kuruvilla19971997106635*6.600/0255/6835.681/000212Nilesh Kulkarni199720013545.000/021/70166.000/010213Debashish Mohanty19971997200*-0/044/7859.750/000214Harbhajan Singh19982015103222411518.222/94178/8432.4625/5420215Harvinder Singh199820013662.000/042/6246.250/000216Ajit Agarkar1998200626571109*16.791/0586/4147.321/060217Robin Singh199819981271513.500/00--0/050218Robin Singh, Jr.199919991000.000/032/7458.660/010219Sadagoppan Ramesh1999200119136714337.972/80--0/0180220Ashish Nehra199920041777195.500/0444/7242.400/050221Devang Gandhi1999199942048834.000/2----/-30222MSK Prasad1999200061061911.770/0----/-150223Vijay Bharadwaj19992000328229.330/011/26107.000/030224Hrishikesh Kanitkar199920002744518.500/00--0/000225Wasim Jaffer2000200831194421234.105/1122/189.000/0270226Murali Kartik20002004888439.770/0244/4434.160/020227Nikhil Chopra200020001743.500/00--0/000228Mohammad Kaif2000200613624148*32.841/30--0/0140229Shiv Sunder Das2000200223132611034.892/90--0/0340230Saba Karim200020001151515.000/0----/-10231Zaheer Khan200020149212317511.950/33117/8732.9410/1190232Vijay Dahiya20002000222*-0/0----/-60233Sarandeep Singh2000200234339*43.000/0104/13634.000/010234Rahul Sanghvi200120011221.000/022/6739.000/000235Sairaj Bahutule2001200123921*13.000/031/3267.660/010236Sameer Dighe2001200161414715.660/0----/-122237Hemang Badani200120014943815.660/00--0/060238Deep Dasgupta20012002834410028.661/2----/-130239Virender Sehwag20012013104844831950.8923/32405/10447.351/0810240Sanjay Bangar2001200212470100*29.371/372/2349.000/040241Iqbal Siddiqui200120011292429.000/011/3248.000/010242Tinu Yohannan200120023138*-0/052/5651.200/010243Ajay Ratra200220026163115*18.111/00--0/0112244Parthiv Patel20022018259347131.130/6----/-6210245Lakshmipathy Balaji20032005851315.660/0275/7637.181/010246Aakash Chopra20032004104376023.000/2----/-150247Yuvraj Singh2003201240190016933.923/1192/960.770/0310248Irfan Pathan2003200829110510231.571/61007/5932.267/280249Gautam Gambhir2004201658415420641.959/22----/-380250Dinesh Karthik2004201826102512925.001/7----/-576251MS Dhoni 2005201490487622438.096/330-- 0/025638252R. P. Singh2006201114116307.250/0405/5942.051/060253S. Sreesanth20062011272813510.400/0875/4037.593/050254Piyush Chawla200620082542.500/032/6645.660/000255Munaf Patel20062011136015*7.500/0354/2538.540/060256V. R. V. Singh200620075472911.750/083/4853.370/010257Ramesh Powar2007200721376.500/063/3319.660/000258Ishant Sharma20072021100746578.380/13037/7432.2011/1220259Amit Mishra20082016226488421.600/4765/7135.721/080260Murali Vijay2008201861398216738.2812/1511/12198.000/0490261Pragyan Ojha20092013248918*17.800/01136/4730.277/1100262Subramaniam Badrinath201020102635621.000/1----/-00263Wriddhiman Saha2010202038125111729.093/5----/-9211264Abhimanyu Mithun2010201141204624.00-0/094/10550.660/000265Suresh Raina201020151876812026.481/7132/146.380/0230266Cheteshwar Pujara20102021846227206*46.8118/290--0/0570267Jaydev Unadkat20102010121*2.000/00--0/000268Abhinav Mukund2011201773208122.850/2---0/060270Praveen Kumar2011201161494014.900/0275/10625.811/020 269Virat Kohli20112021907490254*52.7427/250--0/0870271Ravichandran Ashwin2011202177264312428.115/114017/5924.9529/7270272Umesh Yadav20112020483593111.210/01486/8830.543/1170273Varun Aaron2011201593593.880/0183/9752.610/010274Vinay Kumar2012201211165.500/011/73730/000275Ravindra Jadeja20122021511954100*36.181/152207/4824.329/1380276Bhuvneshwar Kumar201320182155263*22.080/3636/8226.094/080277Shikhar Dhawan2013201834231519040.617/50--0/0280278Ajinkya Rahane2013202172455618841.4112/23----/-910279Mohammed Shami201320205049851*11.060/11806/5627.585/0110280Rohit Sharma2013202137256621246.657/1221/26112.000/0400281Stuart Binny2014201561947821.550/132/2486.000/040282Pankaj Singh2014201421093.330/022/113146.000/020283Karn Sharma20142014184*8.000/042/9559.500/000284KL Rahul2014201936200619934.585/11----/-460285Naman Ojha201520151563528.000/0----/-41286Jayant Yadav20162017422810445.601/1113/3033.360/010287Karun Nair201620176374303*62.331/00--0/060288Kuldeep Yadav20172021754266.750/0265/5723.842/030289Hardik Pandya201720181153210831.291/4175/2831.051/070290Jasprit Bumrah20182021194310*2.520/0836/2722.105/050291Rishabh Pant20182021191257159*43.342/6----/-735292Hanuma Vihari201820211262411132.841/453/3736.000/030293Prithvi Shaw20182020533913442.371/2----/-20294Shardul Thakur201820212736736.500/174/6123.420/020295Mayank Agarwal2018202114105224345.733/4----/-110296Shahbaz Nadeem 20192021211*0.500/082/1834.120/010297Shubman Gill 2020202163789137.800/3----/-30298Mohammed Siraj 2020202143916*13.000/0145/7328.210/020299Navdeep Saini202120212854.000/042/5443.000/010300Thangarasu Natarajan 20212021111*--/-33/7839.660/000301Washington Sundar 20212021316985*42.250/253/8953.800/010302Axar Patel 2021202121274.000/0186/389.443/110

Captains
Statistics are correct as of 17 January 2022.
 S.No. Name Year Played Won Lost Drawn Win % 1 C. K. Nayudu 1932–1933 4 0 3 1 0 2 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1936 3 0 2 1 0 3 Nawab of Pataudi, Sr. 1946 3 0 1 2 0 4 Lala Amarnath 1947–1952 15 2 6 7 13.33 5 Vijay Hazare 1951–1952 14 1 5 8 7.14 6 Vinoo Mankad 1954–1959 6 0 1 5 0 7 Ghulam Ahmed 1955–1958 3 0 2 1 0 8 Polly Umrigar 1955–1958 8 2 2 4 25.00 9 Hemu Adhikari 1958 1 0 0 1 0 10 Datta Gaekwad 1959 4 0 4 0 0 11 Pankaj Roy 1959 1 0 1 0 0 12 Gulabrai Ramchand 1959 5 1 2 2 20.00 13 Nari Contractor 1960–1961 12 2 2 8 16.66 14 Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 1961–1974 40 9 19 12 22.50 15 Chandu Borde 1967 1 0 1 0 0 16 Ajit Wadekar 1970–1974 16 4 4 8 25.00 17 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 1974–1979 5 0 2 3 0 18 Sunil Gavaskar 1975–1984 47 9 8 30 19.14 19 Bishan Singh Bedi 1975–1978 22 6 11 5 27.27 20 Gundappa Viswanath 1979 2 0 1 1 0 21 Kapil Dev 1982–1986 34 4 7 23Includes one Tied Test Match 11.70 22 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–1989 10 2 5 3 20.00 23 Ravi Shastri 1987 1 1 0 0 100.00 24 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989 4 0 0 4 0 25 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–1998 47 14 14 19 29.78 26 Sachin Tendulkar 1996–1999 25 4 9 12 16.00 27 Sourav Ganguly 2000–2005 49 21 13 15 42.85 28 Rahul Dravid 2003–2007 25 8 6 11 32.00 29 Virender Sehwag 2005–2012 4 2 1 1 50.00 30 Anil Kumble 2007–2008 14 3 5 6 21.42 31 MS Dhoni 2008–2014 60 27 18 15 45.76 32 Virat Kohli  2014–2022 68 40 17 11 58.82 33 Ajinkya Rahane  2017–2021 6 4 0 2 66.67 Total 548 161 168 219 29.37

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