List of India national cricket captains

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, West Indies and New Zealand. The Indian men's cricket team was first led by C. K. Nayudu against England at the Lord's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches & drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947–48 when the Indian team led by Lala Amarnath played against Sir Donald Bradman's Australia.

Santha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first test match in 1976 against West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Diana Edulji was the first Women's One Day International captain in 1978 against England at Eden Gardens. Mithali Raj became the first WT20I captain for Indian women's cricket team in 2006 against England at Derby.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth became the first Test captain for the men's U-19 cricket team in 1978–79 against Pakistan, while Ravi Shastri was the first One Day International captain for the men's U-19 cricket team in 1981.

Harmanpreet Kaur is current captain of the India Women's National Cricket Team in all formats and Rohit Sharma is current captain of India Men's National Cricket Team in all formats.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Test match. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputized for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

A total of 36 players have captained India in men's test matches, of which Virat Kohli is the most successful with 40 wins.

The table of results is complete up to the World Test Championship final against Australia in June 2023.

Indian Test match captains[1]
Number	Image	Name		Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
1		C. K. Nayudu	1932	England	England	1	0	1	0
			1933–34	England	India	3	0	2	1
			Total			4	0	3	1	0.00
2		Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	1936	England	England	3	0	2	1
2		Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	Total			3	0	2	1	0.00
3		Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	1946	England	England	3	0	1	2
3		Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	Total			3	0	1	2	0.00
4		Lala Amarnath	1947–48	Australia	Australia	5	0	4	1
			1948–49	West Indies	India	5	0	1	4
			1952–53	Pakistan	India	5	2	1	2
			Total			15	2	6	7	13.33
5		Vijay Hazare	1951–52	England	India	5	1	1	3
			1952	England	England	4	0	3	1
			1952–53	West Indies	West Indies	5	0	1	4
			Total			14	1	5	8	7.14
6		Vinoo Mankad	1954–55	Pakistan	Pakistan	5	0	0	5
			1958–59†	West Indies	India	1	0	1	0
			Total			6	0	1	5	0.00
7		Ghulam Ahmed	1955–56†	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
			1958–59	West Indies	India	2	0	2	0
			Total			3	0	2	1	0.00
8		Polly Umrigar	1955–56	New Zealand	India	4	2	0	2
			1956–57	Australia	India	3	0	2	1
			1958–59†	West Indies	India	1	0	0	1
			Total			8	2	2	4	25.00
9		Hemu Adhikari	1958–59†	West Indies	India	1	0	0	1
9		Hemu Adhikari	Total			1	0	0	1	0.00
10		Datta Gaekwad	1959	England	England	4	0	4	0
10		Datta Gaekwad	Total			4	0	4	0	0.00
11		Pankaj Roy	1959†	England	England	1	0	1	0
11		Pankaj Roy	Total			1	0	1	0	0.00
12		Gulabrai Ramchand	1959–60	Australia	India	5	1	2	2
12		Gulabrai Ramchand	Total			5	1	2	2	20.00
13		Nari Contractor	1960–61	Pakistan	India	5	0	0	5
			1961–62	England	India	5	2	0	3
			1961–62†	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	2	0
			Total			12	2	2	8	16.67
14		Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi	1961–62	West Indies	West Indies	3	0	3	0
			1963–64	England	India	5	0	0	5
			1964–65	Australia	India	3	1	1	1
			1964–65	New Zealand	India	4	1	0	3
			1966–67	West Indies	India	3	0	2	1
			1967	England	England	3	0	3	0
			1967–68	Australia	Australia	3	0	3	0
			1967–68	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
			1974–75	West Indies	India	4	2	2	0
			Total			40	9	19	12	22.50
15		Chandu Borde	1967–68†	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
15		Chandu Borde	Total			1	0	1	0	0.00
16		Ajit Wadekar	1970–71	West Indies	West Indies	5	1	0	4
			1971	England	England	3	1	0	2
			1972–73	England	India	5	2	1	2
			1974	England	England	3	0	3	0
			Total			16	4	4	8	25.00
17		Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	1974–75†	West Indies	India	1	0	1	0
			1979	England	England	4	0	1	3
			Total			5	0	2	3	0.00
18		Sunil Gavaskar	1975–76†	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	1	0	0
			1978–79	West Indies	India	6	1	0	5
			1979–80	Australia	India	6	2	0	4
			1979–80	Pakistan	India	5	2	0	3
			1980–81	Australia	Australia	3	1	1	1
			1980–81	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	1	2
			1981–82	England	India	6	1	0	5
			1982	England	England	3	0	1	2
			1982–83	Sri Lanka	India	1	0	0	1
			1982–83	Pakistan	Pakistan	6	0	3	3
			1984–85	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	0	2
			1984–85	England	India	5	1	2	2
			Total			47	9	8	30	19.14
19		Bishan Singh Bedi	1975–76	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	1	1
			1975–76	West Indies	West Indies	4	1	2	1
			1976–77	New Zealand	India	3	2	0	1
			1976–77	England	India	5	1	3	1
			1977–78	Australia	Australia	5	2	3	0
			1978–79	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	2	1
			Total			22	6	11	5	27.27
20		Gundappa Viswanath	1979–80†	Pakistan	India	1	0	0	1
			1979–80	England	India	1	0	1	0
			Total			2	0	1	1	0.00
21		Kapil Dev	1982–83	West Indies	West Indies	5	0	2	3
			1983–84	Pakistan	India	3	0	0	3
			1983–84	West Indies	India	6	0	3	3
			1985	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	2
			1985–86	Australia	Australia	3	0	0	3
			1986	England	England	3	2	0	1
			1986–87	Australia	India	3	0	0	2[2]
			1986–87	Sri Lanka	India	3	2	0	1
			1986–87	Pakistan	India	5	0	1	4
			Total			34	4	7	23[2]	11.76
22		Dilip Vengsarkar	1987–88	West Indies	India	3	0	1	2
			1988–89	New Zealand	India	3	2	1	0
			1988–89	West Indies	West Indies	4	0	3	1
			Total			10	2	5	3	20.0
23		Ravi Shastri	1987–88†	West Indies	India	1	1	0	0
23		Ravi Shastri	Total			1	1	0	0	100.00
24		Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989–90	Pakistan	Pakistan	4	0	0	4
24		Krishnamachari Srikkanth	Total			4	0	0	4	0.00
25		Mohammad Azharuddin	1989–90	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	1	2
			1990	England	England	3	0	1	2
			1990–91	Sri Lanka	India	1	1	0	0
			1991–92	Australia	Australia	5	0	4	1
			1992–93	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
			1992–93	South Africa	South Africa	4	0	1	3
			1992–93	England	India	3	3	0	0
			1992–93	Zimbabwe	India	1	1	0	0
			1993	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2
			1993–94	Sri Lanka	India	3	3	0	0
			1993–94	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
			1994–95	West Indies	India	3	1	1	1
			1995–96	New Zealand	India	3	1	0	2
			1996	England	England	3	0	1	2
			1997–98	Australia	India	3	2	1	0
			1998–99	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0
			1998–99	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	1	1
			1998–99	Pakistan	India	2	1	1	0
			1998–99[3]	Pakistan	India	1	0	1	0
			1998–99[3]	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1
			Total			47	14	14	19[4][5][6][7]	29.79
26		Sachin Tendulkar	1996–97	Australia	India	1	1	0	0
			1996–97	South Africa	India	3	2	1	0
			1996–97	South Africa	South Africa	3	0	2	1
			1996–97	West Indies	West Indies	5	0	1	4
			1997	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2
			1997–98	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	16.00
27		Sourav Ganguly	2000–01	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0
			2000–01	Zimbabwe	India	2	1	0	1
			2000–01	Australia	India	3	2	1	0
			2001	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	1	0
			2001	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0
			2001–02	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	1	1
			2001–02	England	India	3	1	0	2
			2001–02	Zimbabwe	India	2	2	0	0
			2001–02	West Indies	West Indies	5	1	2	2
			2002	England	England	4	1	1	2
			2002–03	West Indies	India	3	2	0	1
			2002–03	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
			2003–04	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
			2003–04	Australia	Australia	4	1	1	2
			2003–04	Pakistan	Pakistan	1	1	0	0
			2004–05	Australia	India	2	0	1	1
			2004–05	South Africa	India	2	1	0	1
			2004–05	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
			2004–05	Pakistan	India	3	1	1	1
			2005–06	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0
			Total			49	21	13	15	42.86
28		Rahul Dravid	2003–04†	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
			2003–04†	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	1	1	0
			2004–05†	Australia	India	2	1	1	0
			2005–06	Sri Lanka	India	2	1	0	1
			2005–06	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	1	2
			2005–06	England	India	3	1	1	1
			2005–06	West Indies	West Indies	4	1	0	3
			2006–07	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	32.00
29		Virender Sehwag	2005–06†	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	50.00
30		Anil Kumble	2007	Pakistan	India	3	1	0	2
			2007–08	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	21.42
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	45.00
32		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
			2017–18	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
			2019	West Indies	West Indies	2	2	0	0
			2019–20	South Africa	India	3	3	0	0
			2019–20	Bangladesh	India	2	2	0	0
			2019–20	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
			2020–21	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
			2020–21	England	India	4	3	1	0
			2021	New Zealand	England	1	0	1	0
			2021	England	England	4	2	1	1
			2021	New Zealand	India	1	1	0	0
			2021–22	South Africa	South Africa	2	1	1	0

Total			68	40	17	11	58.82
33		Ajinkya Rahane	2017†	Australia	India	1	1	0	0
			2018	Afghanistan	India	1	1	0	0
			2020–21†	Australia	Australia	3	2	0	1
			2021†	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
			Total			6	4	0	2	66.66
34		KL Rahul	2021–22†	South Africa	South Africa	1	0	1	0
			2022	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0
			Total			3	2	1	0	66.67
35		Rohit Sharma
			2022	Sri Lanka	India	2	2	0	0
			2023	Australia	India	4	2	1	1
			2023	Australia	England	1	0	1	0
			2023	West Indies	West Indies	2	1	0	1
			Total			9	5	2	2	55.55
36		Jasprit Bumrah	2022†	England	England	1	0	1	0
36		Jasprit Bumrah	Total			1	0	1	0	0.00
Total (1932–2023)'						572	173	176	223	30.24

One Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one One Day International. A total of 26 players have captained India in One Day Internationals for men's team, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful captain of men's cricket team with 110 wins.

Note: Winning percentage include tie and no result.

Tie = half win

No result = Total matches - No result matches = Taken consider as total matches

India One Day International captains[8]
Number	Image	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %[9]
1		Ajit Wadekar	1974	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
2		Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	1975–1979	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
3		Bishen Singh Bedi	1975–1978	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
4		Sunil Gavaskar	1980–1985	37	14	21	0	2	40.00
5		Gundappa Viswanath	1980	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
6		Kapil Dev	1982–1992	74	39	33	0	2	54.16
7		Syed Kirmani	1983	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
8		Mohinder Amarnath	1984	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
9		Ravi Shastri	1986–1991	11	4	7	0	0	36.36
10		Dilip Vengsarkar	1987–1988	18	8	10	0	0	44.44
11		Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989	13	4	8	0	1	33.33
12	\|	Mohammad Azharuddin	1989–1999	174	90	76	2	6	54.17
13		Sachin Tendulkar	1996–1999	73	23	43	1	6	35.07
14		Ajay Jadeja	1998–1999	13	8	5	0	0	61.53
15		Sourav Ganguly	1999–2005	146[10]	76	65[10]	0	5	53.90
16		Rahul Dravid	2000–2007	79	42	33	0	4	56.00
17		Anil Kumble	2002	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
18		Virender Sehwag	2003–2011	12	7	5	0	0	58.33
19		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007–2018	200	110	74	5	11	59.52
20		Suresh Raina	2010-2014	12	6	5	0	1	54.54
21		Gautam Gambhir	2010–2011	6	6	0	0	0	100.00
22		Virat Kohli	2013–2021	95	65	27	1	2	70.43
23		Ajinkya Rahane	2015	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
24		Rohit Sharma	2017–present	39	29	9	0	1	76.31
25		Shikhar Dhawan	2021–2022	12	7	3	0	2	70.00
26		KL Rahul	2022 –2023	9	6	3	0	0	66.67
27		Hardik Pandya	2023	3	2	1	0	0	66.67
Grand total				1046	552	441	9	44	55.53

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. A total of 12 players have captained India in men's T20Is, of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful with 41 wins.

India Twenty20 International captains[11]
Number	Image	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Tied+Won	Tied+Lost	No result	Win %[9]
1		Virender Sehwag	2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.00
2		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007–2016	72	41	28	0	1	0	2	60.00
3		Suresh Raina	2010–2011	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	100.00
4		Ajinkya Rahane	2015	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	50.00
5		Virat Kohli	2017–2021	50	30	16	0	2	0	2	66.66
6		Rohit Sharma	2017–present	51	39	12	0	0	0	0	76.47
7		Shikhar Dhawan	2021	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	33.33
8		Rishabh Pant	2022	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	50.00
9		Hardik Pandya	2022–present	16	10	5	1	0	0	0	65.52
10		KL Rahul	2022	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.00
11		Jasprit Bumrah	2023	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	100.00
12		Ruturaj Gaikwad	2023	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	66.67
Grand total				209	133	66	1	3	0	6	66.50

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. Mithali Raj is the most successful captain of Indian women's cricket team with 3 wins.

The table of results is updated as 6 October 2021.

Indian women's Test match captains
Number	Image	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1		Shantha Rangaswamy	1976/7	West Indies	India	6	1	1	4
			1976/7	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
			1976/7	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
			1983/4	Australia	India	4	0	0	4
			Total			12	1	2	9
2		Nilima Jogalekar	1984/1985†	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
2		Nilima Jogalekar	Total			1	0	0	1
3		Diana Edulji	1984/5	New Zealand	India	2	0	0	2
			1986	England	England	2	0	0	2
			Total			4	0	0	4
4		Shubhangi Kulkarni	1986†	England	England	1	0	0	1
			1990/1	Australia	Australia	2	0	1	1
			Total			3	0	1	2
5		Sandhya Agarwal	1990/1†	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
5		Sandhya Agarwal	Total			1	0	1	0
6		Purnima Rau	1994/5	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
			1995/6	England	India	2	0	1	1
			Total			3	0	1	2
7		Pramila Bhatt	1995/6†	England	India	1	0	0	1
7		Pramila Bhatt	Total			1	0	0	1
8		Chanderkanta Kaul	1999	England	England	1	0	0	1
8		Chanderkanta Kaul	Total			1	0	0	1
9		Anjum Chopra	2001/2	England	India	1	0	0	1
			2001/2	South Africa	South Africa	1	1	0	0
			2002	England	England	1	0	0	1
			Total			3	1	0	2
10		Mamatha Maben	2003/4	New Zealand	India	1	0	0	1
10		Mamatha Maben	Total			1	0	0	1
11		Mithali Raj	2005/6	England	India	1	0	0	1
			2005/6	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0
			2006	England	England	2	1	0	1
			2014	England	England	1	1	0	0
			2014	South Africa	India	1	1	0	0
			2021	England	England	1	0	0	1
			2021	Australia	Australia	1	0	0	1
			Total			8	3	1	4
Grand total						38	5	6	27

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. Mithali Raj is the most successful captain of Indian women's cricket team with 89 wins.

Indian Women's One Day International captains[12]
Number	Image	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %[9]
1		Diana Edulji	1978–1993	18	7	11	0	0[13]	38.88
2		Shantha Rangaswamy	1982–1984	16	4	12	0	0	25.00
3		Shubhangi Kulkarni	1986	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
4		Purnima Rau	1995	8	5	3	0	0[14]	62.50
5		Pramila Bhatt	1995–1997	7	5	1	1[15]	0[16]	78.57
6		Chanderkanta Kaul	1999	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
7		Anju Jain	2000	8	5	3	0	0	62.50
8		Anjum Chopra	2002–2012	28	10	17	0	1[17]	37.03
9		Mamatha Maben	2003–2004	19	14	5	0	0	73.68
10		Mithali Raj	2003–2022	155	89	63	0	3	58.55
11		Jhulan Goswami	2008–2011	25	12	13	0	0	48.00
12		Rumeli Dhar	2008	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
13		Harmanpreet Kaur	2013–Present	14	11	2	1	0	82.14
Total				304	165	133	2	4	54.48

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. Harmanpreet Kaur is the most successful Indian women's cricket team captain with 54 wins.

Indian Women's Twenty-20 International captains[18]
Number	Image	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %[9]
1		Mithali Raj	2006–2016	32	17	15	0	0	53.12
2		Jhulan Goswami	2008–2015	18	8	10	0	0	44.44
3		Anjum Chopra	2012	10	3	7	0	0	30.00
4		Harmanpreet Kaur	2012–present	100	57	38	1	4	59.89
5		Smriti Mandhana	2019–2023	11	6	5	0	0	54.54
Total				170	90	75	1	4	54.21

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers whose have captained the Indian Men's 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.
bold mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one international match (Test or One Day International match).

Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1978/9†	Pakistan	India	2	0	0	2
2	Vedraj Chauhan	1978/9	Pakistan	India	3	0	0	3
3	Ravi Shastri	1981	England	England	3	0	0	3
4	Saba Karim	1984/5	Australia	India	2	0	1	1
5	Anju Mudkavi	1984/5†	Australia	India	1	0	0	1
6	Amikar Dayal	1986/7	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1
7	Myluahanan Senthilnathan	1987/8	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	1	0
8	Janardhanan Ramdas	1988/9	Pakistan	Pakistan	4	1	0	3
9	Ranjib Biswal	1989/90	Pakistan	India	4	1	0	3
10	Rahul Dravid	1991/2	New Zealand	India	2	1	0	1
11	Manoj Joglekar	1992/3	England	India	3	1	1	1
12	Sridharan Sriram	1993/4	Australia	India	3	1	1	1
13	Amit Sharma	1994	England	England	3	1	0	2
14	Kiran Powar	1994/5	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1
15	Sanjay Raul	1995/6	South Africa	India	3	1	1	1
16	Ajit Agarkar	1996/7†	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0
17	Jyoti Yadav	1996/7	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1
18	Reetinder Singh Sodhi	1998/9	Sri Lanka	India	1	0	0	1
19	Ajay Ratra	2003/4	England	India	3	1	0	2
20	Manvinder Bisla	2002†	England	England	1	0	0	1
21	Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao	2002	England	England	2	0	1	1
22	Ambati Rayudu	2004/5	England	India	3	3	0	0
23	Tanmay Srivastava	2006	England	England	3	1	0	2
		2007	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1
		Total			5	2	0	3
24	Piyush Chawla	2006	Pakistan	India	2	2	0	0
		2007	New Zealand	India	3	1	1	1
		Total			5	3	1	1
25	Virat Kohli	2008	South Africa	South Africa	2	1	0	1
26	Ashok Menaria	2009	Australia	Australia	2	1	1	0
27	Vijay Zol	2014	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2
28	Jonty Sidhu	2017	England	India	2	0	0	2
29	Himanshu Rana	2017	England	England	2	2	0	0
30	Anuj Rawat	2018	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0
31	Suraj Ahuja	2019	South Africa	India	2	2	0	0
Total					77	26	12	39

Youth One-Day International Indian Captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's U-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. India's first great success in men's Under-19 One Day International 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. Again in 2018 India won the men's U-19 World Cup under the captaincy of Prithvi Shaw.

The table of results is complete as of 10 February 2022.
bold mark has been added after the names of players who went on to represent India in at least one international match (Test, One Day International or T20 match).

Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %[9]
1	Ravi Shastri	1981	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
2	Saba Karim	1985	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
3	Anju Mudkavi	1985	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
4	Amikar Dayal	1986	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
5	M. Senthilnathan	1988	8	5	3	0	0	62.50
6	Arjan Kripal Singh	1988	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
7	Ranjib Biswal	1989/90	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
8	Rahul Dravid	1992	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
9	Manoj Joglekar	1993	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
10	Amit Sharma	1994	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
11	Kiran Powar	1995	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
12	Sanjay Raul	1996	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
13	Jyoti Yadav	1997/8	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
14	Amit Pagnis	1997	6	4	2	0	0	66.66
15	Reetinder Singh Sodhi	1999	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
16	Mohammad Kaif	1999/00	9	8	0	0	1	100.00
17	Ajay Ratra	2001	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
18	Parthiv Patel	2002	7	4	3	0	0	57.14
19	Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao	2002	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
20	Ambati Rayudu	2003/04	10	8	2	0	0	80.00
21	Dinesh Karthik	2004	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
22	Manoj Tiwary	2005	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
23	Ravikant Shukla	2005/06	17	15	2	0	0	88.23
24	Tanmay Srivastava	2006/07	7	7	0	0	0	100.00
25	Piyush Chawla	2006/07	12	11	1	0	0	91.66
26	Ravindra Jadeja	2007	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
27	Virat Kohli	2008	11	11	0	0	0	100.00
28	Ashok Menaria	2009/10	12	8	4	0	0	66.66
29	Unmukt Chand	2011/12	21	15	5	1	0	73.80
30	Vijay Zol	2013/14	22	18	3	0	1	85.71
31	Sanju Samson	2014	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
32	Ricky Bhui	2015	4	4	0	0	0	100.00
33	Virat Singh	2015	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
34	Rishabh Pant	2015	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
35	Ishan Kishan	2015	8	7	1	0	0	87.50
36	Abhishek Sharma	2016	5	3	1	1	0	70.00
37	Himanshu Rana	2017	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
38	Prithvi Shaw	2018	11	11	0	0	0	100.00
39	Aryan Juyal	2018	5	3	2	0	0	60.00
40	Pawan Shah	2018	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
41	Prab Simran Singh	2018	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
42	Priyam Garg	2019	20	16	4	0	0	80.00
43	Dhruv Jurel	2019	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
44	Shubhang Hedge	2019	4	1	2	0	1	33.33
45	Yash Dhull	2021/22	8	7	1	0	0	87.50
46	Nishant Sindhu	2022	2	2	0	0	0	100.00

Bibliography

Surya Prakash Chaturvedi, Humaare Kaptaan: Nayudu se Dhoni Tak, Rajkamal Prakashan,2010

References

"India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
Includes one Tied Test Match
Asian Test Championship
"Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
"Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
"Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
"Mohammed Azharuddin vs Sourav Ganguly vs MS Dhoni – Who is India's best captain in recent times?". 12 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
"India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
Win% = (matches won+0.5*matches tied)/(matches played-matches abandoned) and is rounded to the nearest number as percentage
Sourav Ganguly also captained the ACC Asian XI in the One Day Internationals against the ICC World XI held on 10 January 2005 for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. The ACC Asian XI lost that One Day International
"List of captains: India – Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
"India Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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.
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.</
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 One Day International 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.)
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.
Two of India's matches in their tour of the British Isles 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.
"India Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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[1] "India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[tied-2] Includes one Tied Test Match

[asian-3] Asian Test Championship

[4] "Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[5] "Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[6] "Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[7] "Mohammed Azharuddin vs Sourav Ganguly vs MS Dhoni – Who is India's best captain in recent times?". 12 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[8] "India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

[winpercent-9] Win% = (matches won+0.5*matches tied)/(matches played-matches abandoned) and is rounded to the nearest number as percentage

[tsunami-10] Sourav Ganguly also captained the ACC Asian XI in the One Day Internationals against the ICC World XI held on 10 January 2005 for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. The ACC Asian XI lost that One Day International

[11] "List of captains: India – Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[12] "India Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[13] 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.

[14] 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.</

[15] 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 One Day International 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.)

[16] 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.

[17] Two of India's matches in their tour of the British Isles 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.

[18] "India Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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