List of India national cricket captains

This is the list of captains of Indian cricket team who have led the team in at least one international cricket match. A captain is the appointed leader of the team, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players. As in other sports, the captain is usually experienced and has good communication skills and is likely to be one of the most regular members of the team, as the captain is responsible for the team selection. Before the starting of the game in cricket, the captains toss which decides which team will bat first. During the match the captain decides the team's batting order, who will bowl each over, and where each fielder will be positioned.^[1][2]

Test Captain of India national cricket team (Men's & Women's)
Deputy	TBA

Captain of India national cricket team
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Incumbent Top: Shubman Gill (Men's team : Test) Middle: Rohit Sharma (Men's team: ODI) and Suryakumar Yadav (Men's Team: T20I) Bottom: Harmanpreet Kaur (Women's team - All formats) since men's Team Test : 2025, ODI: 2017; T20I : 2023 women's Team All Formats; 2012/13 Respectively
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Type	Captain
Status	Captain of the India National Cricket Team
Member of	India national cricket team (Men's) India women's national cricket team
Reports to	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Appointer	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Term length	Not Specified
Inaugural holder	Men's National Captains C. K. Nayudu (Test) Ajit Wadekar (ODI) Virender Sehwag (T20I) Women's National Captains Shantha Rangaswamy (Test) Diana Edulji (ODI) Mithali Raj (T20I)
Formation	June 1932 (93 years ago) (1932-06)
Deputy	Vice Captain of Indian Cricket Team

Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by the English in the 17th and 18th centuries.^[3] Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India.^[4] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council.^[5][6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams.

On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's.^[7] Nayudu led India in the first international cricket match held in India on 15 December 1933 when Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only match during England's tour of India.^[8][9] Vijay Hazare led India to its first win in fifth test of home series against England on 10 February 1952 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.^[10][11] Ajit Wadekar led India in its first ever ODI on 13 July 1974 at Leeds against England.^[12] On 1 December 2006, Virender Sehwag captained India in its first T20 International against South Africa at Johannesberg.^[13]

Shantha Rangaswamy led the women's team in their first women's test match against West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore on 31 October 1976.^[14] Diana Edulji led India in its first WODI during the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup against England on 1 January 1978 at Eden Gardens in Calcutta.^[15] Mithali Raj captained India in the first WT20I on 5 August 2006 against England at Derby.^[16]

Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain for the first youth test for India U-19 team against Pakistan U-19 which began on 20 January 1979 at Wankhede Stadium in Bombay while Ravi Shastri captained India U-19 in the first youth ODI in 1981 against England U-19.^[17][18]

Shubman Gill is the current captain of the men's team in Tests, Rohit Sharma is current captain of the men's team in ODIs, Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the men's team in T20Is, and Harmanpreet Kaur is current captain of women's team in all Formats.

Men's

Test

Captain

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Test match. A dagger (†) indicates that the player captained at least one Test in the series as a stand-in for the appointed captain or was appointed by the home authority for a proportion in a series.

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

Last updated: 26 May 2025^[19]

Indian Test match captains[20]
Number	Image	Name	Season	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn/Tied	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
			Total			3	0	2	1	0.00
3		Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	1946	England	England	3	0	1	2
			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
			Total			1	0	0	1	0.00
10		Datta Gaekwad	1959	England	England	4	0	4	0
			Total			4	0	4	0	0.00
11		Pankaj Roy	1959†	England	England	1	0	1	0
			Total			1	0	1	0	0.00
12		Gulabrai Ramchand	1959–60	Australia	India	5	1	2	2
			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
			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
			1986–87	Sri Lanka	India	3	2	0	1
			1986–87	Pakistan	India	5	0	1	4
			Total			34	4	7	23	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	20.00
23		Ravi Shastri	1987–88†	West Indies	India	1	1	0	0
			Total			1	1	0	0	100.00
24		Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989–90	Pakistan	Pakistan	4	0	0	4
			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	Pakistan	India	1	0	1	0
			1998–99	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1
			Total			47	14	14	19	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	66.67
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
			2023	South Africa	South Africa	2	1	1	0
			2024	England	India	5	4	1	0
			2024	Bangladesh	India	2	2	0	0
			2024	New Zealand	India	3	0	3	0
			2024	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1
			Total			24	12	9	3	50.00
36		Jasprit Bumrah	2022†	England	England	1	0	1	0
			2024†	Australia	Australia	2	1	1	0
			Total			3	1	2	0	33.33
37		Shubman Gill	2025	England	England	5	2	2	1
			Total			5	2	2	1	40.00
Total						594	184	186	224	30.97

Vice Captain

A number of players have served as vice-captain(s) in the Test side including:

• Sachin Tendulkar under Mohammad Azharuddin then promoted to captain.
• Sourav Ganguly under Sachin Tendulkar then promoted to captain.
• Rahul Dravid under Sourav Ganguly then promoted to captain.
• Virendra Sehwag under Rahul Dravid then captain changed.
• Virendra Sehwag resumed under Anil Kumble then dropped.
• MS Dhoni under Anil Kumble then promoted to captain.
• Virendra Sehwag resumed under MS Dhoni then resigned.
• Virat Kohli under MS Dhoni then promoted to captain.
• Ajinkya Rahane under Virat Kohli then dropped.
• Rohit Sharma under Virat Kohli then promoted to captain.
• KL Rahul under Rohit Sharma then dropped.
• Cheteshwar Pujara under Rohit Sharma then dropped.
• Jasprit Bumrah under Rohit Sharma then promoted to captain for one match.
• Rishabh Pant under Jasprit Bumrah for one match.

Jasprit Bumrah resumed under Rohit Sharma then dropped.

• Ajinkya Rahane under Rohit Sharma then dropped.
• Jasprit Bumrah resumed under Rohit Sharma then resigned.
• Rishabh Pant under Shubman Gill currently.

ODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one ODI. 27 players have captained the Indian men's team in ODIs of which MS Dhoni is the most successful captain of men's cricket team with 110 wins. Kapil Dev captained India to win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the first ever ICC trophy and later, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.^[21][22]

Last updated:21 December 2023^[23]

Number	Image	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %
1		Ajit Wadekar	1974	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
2		Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	1975–79	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
3		Bishen Singh Bedi	1975–78	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
4		Sunil Gavaskar	1980–85	37	14	21	0	2	37.83
5		Gundappa Viswanath	1980	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
6		Kapil Dev	1982–92	74	39	33	0	2	52.70
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	1986–91	11	4	7	0	0	36.36
10		Dilip Vengsarkar	1987–88	18	8	10	0	0	44.44
11		Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989	13	4	8	0	1	30.76
12		Mohammad Azharuddin	1989–99	174	90	76	2	6	51.72
13		Sachin Tendulkar	1996–99	73	23	43	1	6	31.50
14		Ajay Jadeja	1998–99	13	8	5	0	0	61.53
15		Sourav Ganguly	1999–2005	146	76	65	0	5	52.05
16		Rahul Dravid	2000–07	79	42	33	0	4	53.16
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	2007–18	200	110	74	5	11	55.00
20		Suresh Raina	2010-2014	12	6	5	0	1	50.50
21		Gautam Gambhir	2010–11	6	6	0	0	0	100.00
22		Virat Kohli	2013–21	95	65	27	1	2	68.42
23		Ajinkya Rahane	2015	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
24		Rohit Sharma	2017–present	56	42	12	1	1	75.00
25		Shikhar Dhawan	2021–22	12	7	3	0	2	58.33
26		KL Rahul	2022–23	12	8	4	0	0	66.67
27		Hardik Pandya	2023	3	2	1	0	0	66.67
Total				1066	567	445	10	44	53.18

T20I

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's cricket team for at least one Twenty 20 International. 14 players have captained India in men's T20Is, of which Rohit Sharma is the most successful with 49 wins. India won the 2007 World T20, the inaugural T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni.,^[24][25] later India win the 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

Last updated:10 June 2024^[26]

Number	Image	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %
1		Virender Sehwag	2006	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
2		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007–2016	72	41	28	1	2	56.94
3		Suresh Raina	2010–2011	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
4		Ajinkya Rahane	2015	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
5		Virat Kohli	2017–2021	50	30	16	2	2	66.67
6		Rohit Sharma	2017–2024	62	49	12	1	0	79.03
7		Shikhar Dhawan	2021	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
8		Rishabh Pant	2022	5	2	2	0	1	50.00
9		Hardik Pandya	2022-2023	16	10	5	1	0	65.52
10		KL Rahul	2022	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
11		Jasprit Bumrah	2023	2	2	0	0	0	100.00
12		Ruturaj Gaikwad	2023	3	2	0	0	1	66.67
13		Suryakumar Yadav	2023–present	19	16	3	0	0	84.21
14		Shubman Gill	2024	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
Total				244	162	70	6	6	66.39

Captains in Men's ICC tournaments

Indian Captains in ICC Tournaments
Tournament	Name	Format	Played	Won	Lost	Tied/NR	Stand	Winning rate
1975 Cricket World Cup	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	60 overs	3	1	2	0	Group Stage	33.3%
1979 Cricket World Cup	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	60 overs	3	0	3	0	Group Stage	0%
1983 Cricket World Cup	Kapil Dev	60 overs	8	6	2	0	Champions	75%
1987 Cricket World Cup	Kapil Dev	50 overs	7	5	2	0	Semi Finals	72%
1992 Cricket World Cup	Mohammad Azharuddin	50 overs	8	2	5	1	Group Stage	25%
1996 Cricket World Cup	Mohammad Azharuddin	50 overs	7	5	3	0	Semi Finals	57%
1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy	Mohammad Azharuddin	50 overs	2	1	1	0	Semi Finals	50%
1999 Cricket World Cup	Mohammad Azharuddin	50 overs	8	4	4	0	Super Six	50%
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy	Sourav Ganguly	50 overs	3	2	1	0	Runners-up	66.6%
2002 ICC Champions Trophy	Sourav Ganguly	50 overs	4	3	0	1	Co-Champions	75%
2003 Cricket World Cup	Sourav Ganguly	50 overs	11	9	2	0	Runners-Up	82%
2004 ICC Champions Trophy	Sourav Ganguly	50 overs	2	1	1	0	Group Stage	50%
2006 ICC Champions Trophy	Rahul Dravid	50 overs	3	1	2	0	Group Stage	33.3%
2007 Cricket World Cup	Rahul Dravid	50 overs	3	1	2	0	Group Stage	33.3%
2007 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	7	5	1	1	Champions	71%
2009 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	5	2	3	0	Super 8	40%
2009 ICC Champions Trophy	MS Dhoni	50 overs	3	1	1	1	Group Stage	33.33%
2010 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	5	2	3	0	Super 8	40%
2011 Cricket World Cup	MS Dhoni	50 overs	9	7	1	1	Champions	77.7%
2012 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	5	4	1	0	Super 8	80%
2013 ICC Champions Trophy	MS Dhoni	50 overs	5	5	0	0	Champions	100%
2014 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	6	5	1	0	Runners-Up	83.3%
2015 Cricket World Cup	MS Dhoni	50 overs	8	7	1	0	Semi Finals	87.7%
2016 World Twenty20	MS Dhoni	20 overs	5	3	2	0	Semi Finals	60%
2017 ICC Champions Trophy	Virat Kohli	50 overs	5	3	2	0	Runners-Up	60%
2019 Cricket World Cup	Virat Kohli	50 overs	10	7	2	1	Semi Finals	70
2021 ICC World Test Championship Final	Virat Kohli	Unlimited	1	0	1	0	Runners-Up	0
2021 World Twenty20	Virat Kohli	20 overs	5	3	2	0	Super-12	60%
2022 Men's T20 World Cup	Rohit Sharma	20 overs	6	4	2	0	Semi Finals	66.6%
2023 ICC World Test Championship Final	Rohit Sharma	Unlimited	1	0	1	0	Runners-Up	0
2023 Cricket World Cup	Rohit Sharma	50 overs	11	10	1	0	Runners-Up	91%
2024 Men's T20 World Cup	Rohit Sharma	20 overs	9	8	0	1	Champions	88.88%
2025 ICC Champions Trophy	Rohit Sharma	50 overs	5	5	0	0	Champions	100%

Women's

WTest

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 and Harmanpreet Kaur are the most successful test captains of Indian women's cricket team with three wins each.

Last updated: 1 July 2024^[27]

Number	Image	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
1		Shantha Rangaswamy	1976-84	12	1	2	9	8.33
2		Nilima Jogalekar	1984-85	1	1	0	0	100.00
3		Diana Edulji	1985-86	4	0	0	4	0.00
4		Shubhangi Kulkarni	1986-91	3	0	1	2	0.00
5		Sandhya Agarwal	1991	1	0	1	0	0.00
6		Purnima Rau	1995	3	0	1	2	0.00
7		Pramila Bhatt	1995	1	0	0	1	0.00
8		Chanderkanta Kaul	1999	1	0	0	1	0.00
9		Anjum Chopra	2002	3	1	0	2	33.33
10		Mamatha Maben	2003	1	0	0	1	0.00
11		Mithali Raj	2005-21	8	3	1	4	37.50
12		Harmanpreet Kaur	2023	3	3	0	0	100.00
Total				41	8	6	27	19.51

WODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. Mithali Raj is the most successful WODI captain of Indian women's cricket team with 89 wins.

Last updated: 23 June 2024^[27]

Number	Image	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tie	No Result	Win %
1		Diana Edulji	1978-93	18	7	11	0	0	38.88
2		Shantha Rangaswamy	1982-84	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	62.50
5		Pramila Bhatt	1995-97	7	5	1	1	0	71.42
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	2002-12	28	10	17	0	1	35.71
9		Mamatha Maben	2003-04	19	14	5	0	0	73.68
10		Mithali Raj	2004-22	155	89	63	0	3	57.41
11		Jhulan Goswami	2008-11	25	12	13	0	0	48.00
12		Rumeli Dhar	2008	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
13		Harmanpreet Kaur	2013 – present	20	14	5	1	0	70.00
Total				310	168	136	2	4	54.19

WT20I

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 WT20I captain of Indian women's cricket team with 65 wins.

Last updated: 9 July 2024 ^[27]

Number	Image	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	Win %
1		Mithali Raj	2006–16	32	17	15	0	0	53.12
2		Jhulan Goswami	2008–15	18	8	10	0	0	44.44
3		Anjum Chopra	2012	10	3	7	0	0	30.00
4		Harmanpreet Kaur	2012–present	114	65	43	1	5	57.01
5		Smriti Mandhana	2019–23	13	7	5	0	1	53.84
Total				187	100	80	1	6	53.47

Youth cricket

Youth test

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. Four men, Srikkanth, Shastri, Dravid and Kohli have gone on to captain the senior side.

Last updated:2019

S.No.	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1978	2	0	0	2
2	Vedraj Chauhan	1978	3	0	0	3
3	Ravi Shastri	1981	3	0	0	3
4	Saba Karim	1984	2	0	1	1
5	Anju Mudkavi	1984	1	0	0	1
6	Amikar Dayal	1986	3	0	2	1
7	Myluahanan Senthilnathan	1987	1	0	1	0
8	Janardhanan Ramdas	1988	4	1	0	3
9	Ranjib Biswal	1989	4	1	0	3
10	Rahul Dravid	1991	2	1	0	1
11	Manoj Joglekar	1992	3	1	1	1
12	Sridharan Sriram	1993	3	1	1	1
13	Amit Sharma	1994	3	1	0	2
14	Kiran Powar	1994	3	0	2	1
15	Sanjay Raul	1995	3	1	1	1
16	Ajit Agarkar	1996	1	1	0	0
17	Jyoti Yadav	1996	2	1	0	1
18	Reetinder Singh Sodhi	1998	1	0	0	1
19	Ajay Ratra	2003	3	1	0	2
20	Manvinder Bisla	2002	1	0	0	1
21	Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao	2002	2	0	1	1
22	Ambati Rayudu	2004/5	3	3	0	0
23	Tanmay Srivastava	2006-07	5	2	0	3
24	Piyush Chawla	2006-07	5	3	1	1
25	Virat Kohli	2008	2	1	0	1
26	Ashok Menaria	2009	2	1	1	0
27	Vijay Zol	2014	2	0	0	2
28	Jonty Sidhu	2017	2	0	0	2
29	Himanshu Rana	2017	2	2	0	0
30	Anuj Rawat	2018	2	2	0	0
31	Suraj Ahuja	2019	2	2	0	0
Total			77	26	12	39

Youth ODI

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian men's U-19 cricket team for at least one youth ODI.

Last updated:December 2023^[28]

S.No.	Name	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win %
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	1997-98	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
47	Uday Saharan	2023	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
Total			276	211	60	2	3	76.44

See also

• List of India national cricket coaches