Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of India‘s most successful Test skippers. Dhoni declared his retirement from the test format of the game on Tuesday. Virat Kohli is the new captain of the Team India. He put an end to his test career after India failed to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Let’s see the details of other Indian skippers.
|
Player |
Years |
M |
W |
L |
D |
T |
|
|
1 |
CK Nayudu |
1932-1934 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
Vizianagram |
1936-1936 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
Nawab of Pataudi |
1946-1946 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
Lala Amarnath |
1947-1952 |
15 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
|
5 |
Vijay Hazare |
1951-1953 |
14 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
|
6 |
Vinoo Mankad |
1955-1959 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
7 |
Ghulam Ahmed |
1955-1959 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
8 |
Polly Umrigar |
1955-1958 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
9 |
Hemu Adhikari |
1959-1959 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
10 |
Datta Gaekwad |
1959-1959 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Pankaj Roy |
1959-1959 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
Gulabrai Ramchand |
1959-1960 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
13 |
Nari Contractor |
1960-1962 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
|
14 |
MAK Pataudi |
1962-1975 |
40 |
9 |
19 |
12 |
0 |
|
15 |
Chandu Borde |
1967-1967 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 |
Ajit Wadekar |
1971-1974 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
|
17 |
Srinivas Venkataraghavan |
1974-1979 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
18 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
1976-1985 |
47 |
9 |
8 |
30 |
0 |
|
19 |
Bishan Singh Bedi |
1976-1978 |
22 |
6 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
|
20 |
Gundappa Viswanath |
1980-1980 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
21 |
Kapil Dev |
1983-1987 |
34 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
1 |
|
22 |
Dilip Vengsarkar |
1987-1989 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
|
23 |
Ravi Shastri |
1988-1988 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 |
Krisnamachari Srikkanth |
1989-1989 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
25 |
Mohammad Azharuddin |
1990-1999 |
47 |
14 |
14 |
19 |
0 |
|
26 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
1996-2000 |
25 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
0 |
|
27 |
Sourav Ganguly |
2000-2005 |
49 |
21 |
13 |
15 |
0 |
|
28 |
Rahul Dravid |
2003-2007 |
25 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
|
29 |
Virender Sehwag |
2005-2012 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
Anil Kumble |
2007-2008 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
|
31 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
2008-2014 |
60 |
27 |
18 |
15 |
0 |
|
32 |
Virat Kohli |
2014-2014 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
*Stats updated till 1st Jan, 2015
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