This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Indian national cricket team at the international level. The list includes all Indian captains of men's, 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 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 1947–49 when they played Australia.
The Indian team's greatest successes came in 1983, when they won the Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, and 2011, when they won the world cup again under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Also, they won the Under-19 World Cup three times under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif in 2000, 2008 under Virat Kohli and in 2012 under Unmukt Chand . Also, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup. India came runner-up in World Cup 2003 under Saurav Ganguly who has the record of most number of Indian test wins (11) under his leadership in overseas. The record of most number of Indian test wins (23) currently held under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mithali Raj led India to its best result in Women's ODI cricket when the team advanced to the finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup. Raj is also one of the three women's captains who have led their side to a victory in women's Test cricket, the others being Shantha Rangaswamy and Mamatha Maben.
| Indian Test match captains[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
| 1 |
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CK Nayudu | 1932 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1933/4 | England | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju | 1936 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi | 1946 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 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 | |
| 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 | 16 | 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 |  |
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 | 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 | 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[3] | |||
| 1986/7 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1986/7 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23[3] | |||||
| 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 | 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[4] | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998/9[4] | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | |||||
| 26 |  |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 31 |  |
MS 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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | New Zealaand | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | England | India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | Australia | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 24 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 473 | 120 | 149 | 204 | |||||
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