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India: Test Captaincy Record


India's captains & results:
(complete up to and including 2nd test v Bangladesh, May 2007)

                        Tenure         Tests    Won    Lost    Drawn  Tied
C.K. Nayudu             1932-34          4       0       3       1
*Dr Vijay Anand         1936             3       0       2       1
I.A.K. Pataudi          1946             3       0       1       2
L. Amarnath             1947-53         15       2       6       7
V.S. Hazare             1951-53         14       1       5       8
M.H. Mankad             1953-59          6       0       1       5
Ghulam Ahmad            1955-59          3       0       2       1
P.R. Umrigar            1955-59          8       2       2       4
H.R. Adhikari           1958-59          1       0       0       1
D.K. Gaekwad            1959             4       0       4       0
Pankaj Roy              1959             1       0       1       0
G.S. Ramchand           1959-60          5       1       2       2
N.J. Contractor         1960-62         12       2       2       8
M.A.K. Pataudi          1961-75         40       9      19      12
C.G. Borde              1967-68          1       0       1       0
A.L. Wadekar            1970-74         16       4       4       8
S. Venkataraghavan      1975-79          5       0       2       3
S.M. Gavaskar           1975-85         47       9       8      30
B.S. Bedi               1975-78         22       6      11       5
G.R. Viswanath          1979-80          2       0       1       1
Kapil Dev               1982-87         34       4       7      22     1
D.B. Vengsarkar         1987-89         10       2       5       3
R.J. Shastri            1987-88          1       1       0       0
K. Srikkanth            1989-90          4       0       0       4
M. Azharuddin           1989-99         47      14      14      19
S.R. Tendulkar          1996-2000       25       4       9      12
S.C. Ganguly            2000-06         49      21      13      15
R. Dravid               2003-date       22       7       6       9
V. Sehwag               2005-06          1       1       0       0

* also known as Maharajkumar of Vizianagram


Details:
Year    Opposition  Opposing Captain      P       W       L       D       T
        (Home/Away)

1.  C.K.Nayudu

1932     Eng (A)    D.R.Jardine           1       0       1       0
1933-34  Eng (H)    D.R.Jardine           3       0       2       1
                                          4       0       3       1

2.  Dr. Vijay Anand

1936     Eng (A)    G.O.B.Allen           3       0       2       1


3.  I.A.K.Pataudi

1946     Eng (A)    W.R.Hammond           3       0       1       2


4.  L.Amarnath

1947-48  Aus (A)    D.G.Bradman           5       0       4       1
1948-49  WI  (H)    J.D.C.Goddard         5       0       1       4
1952-53  Pak (H)    A.H.Kardar            5       2       1       2
                                         15       2       6       7

5.  V.S.Hazare

1951-52  Eng (H)    N.D.Howard/J.D.Carr   5       1       1       3
1952     Eng (A)    L.Hutton              4       0       3       1
1952-53  WI  (A)    J.B.Stollmeyer        5       0       1       4
                                         14       1       5       8

6.  M.H.Mankad

1954-55  Pak (A)    A.H.Kardar            5       0       0       5
1958-59  WI  (H)    F.C.M.Alexander       1       0       1       0
                                          6       0       1       5

7.  Ghulam Ahmed

1955-56  NZ  (H)    H.B.Cave              1       0       0       1
1958-59  WI  (H)    F.C.M.Alexander       2       0       2       0
                                          3       0       2       1

8.  P.R.Umrigar

1955-56  NZ  (H)    H.B.Cave              4       2       0       2
1956-57  Aus (H)    I.Johnson/R.Lindwall  3       0       2       1
1958-59  WI  (H)    F.C.M.Alexander       1       0       0       1
                                          8       2       2       4

9.  H.R.Adhikari

1958-59  WI  (H)    F.C.M.Alexander       1       0       0       1


10.  D.K.Gaekwad

1959     Eng (A)    P.B.H.May/M.C.Cowdrey 4       0       4       0


11.  P.Roy

1959     Eng (A)    P.B.H.May             1       0       1       0


12.  G.S.Ramchand

1959-60  Aus (H)    R.Benaud              5       1       2       2


13.  N.J.Contractor

1960-61  Pak (H)    Fazal Mahmood         5       0       0       5
1961-62  Eng (H)    E.R.Dexter            5       2       0       3
1961-62  WI  (A)    F.M.M.Worrell         2       0       2       0
                                         12       2       2       8

14.  M.A.K.Pataudi

1961-62  WI  (A)    F.M.M.Worrell         3       0       3       0
1963-64  Eng (H)    M.J.K.Smith           5       0       0       5
1964-65  Aus (H)    R.B.Simpson           3       1       1       1
1964-65  NZ  (H)    J.R.Reid              4       1       0       3
1966-67  WI  (H)    G.S.Sobers            3       0       2       1
1967     Eng (A)    D.B.Close             3       0       3       0
1967-68  Aus (A)    W.M.Lawry/R.B.Simpson 3       0       3       0
1967-68  NZ  (A)    G.Dowling/B.Sinclair  4       3       1       0
1969-70  NZ  (H)    G.T.Dowling           3       1       1       1
1969-70  Aus (H)    W.M.Lawry             5       1       3       1
1974-75  WI  (H)    C.H.Lloyd             4       2       2       0
                                         40       9      19      12

15.  C.G.Borde

1967-68  Aus (A)    R.B.Simpson           1       0       1       0


16.  A.L.Wadekar

1970-71  WI  (A)    G.S.Sobers            5       1       0       4
1971     Eng (A)    R.Illingworth         3       1       0       2
1972-73  Eng (H)    A.R.Lewis             5       2       1       2
1974     Eng (A)    M.H.Denness           3       0       3       0
                                         16       4       4       8

17.  S.Venkataraghavan

1974-75  WI  (H)    C.H.Lloyd             1       0       1       0
1979     Eng (A)    J.M.Brearley          4       0       1       3
                                          5       0       2       3

18.  S.M.Gavaskar

1975-76  NZ  (A)    G.M.Turner            1       1       0       0
1978-79  WI  (H)    A.I.Kallicharran      6       1       0       5
1979-80  Aus (H)    K.J.Hughes            6       2       0       4
1979-80  Pak (H)    Asif Iqbal            5       2       0       3
1980-81  Aus (A)    G.S.Chappell          3       1       1       1
1980-81  NZ  (A)    G.P.Howarth           3       0       1       2
1981-82  Eng (H)    K.W.R.Fletcher        6       1       0       5
1982     Eng (A)    R.G.D.Willis          3       0       1       2
1982-83  SL  (H)    B.Warnapura           1       0       0       1
1982-83  Pak (A)    Imran Khan            6       0       3       3
1984-85  Pak (A)    Zaheer Abbas          2       0       0       2
1984-85  Eng (H)    D.I.Gower             5       1       2       2
                                         47       9       8      30

19.  B.S.Bedi

1975-76  NZ  (A)    G.M.Turner            2       0       1       1
1975-76  WI  (A)    C.H.Lloyd             4       1       2       1
1976-77  NZ  (H)    G.M.Turner            3       2       0       1
1976-77  Eng (H)    A.W.Greig             5       1       3       1
1977-78  Aus (A)    R.B.Simpson           5       2       3       0
1978-79  Pak (A)    Mushtaq Mohammad      3       0       2       1
                                         22       6      11       5

20.  G.R.Vishwanath

1979-80  Pak (H)    Asif Iqbal            1       0       0       1
1979-80  Eng (H)    J.M.Brearley          1       0       1       0
                                          2       0       1       1

21.  Kapil Dev

1982-83  WI  (A)    C.H.Lloyd             5       0       2       3
1983-84  Pak (H)    Zaheer Abbas          3       0       0       3
1983-84  WI  (H)    C.H.Lloyd             6       0       3       3
1985-86  SL  (A)    L.R.D.Mendis          3       0       1       2
1985-86  Aus (A)    A.R.Border            3       0       0       3
1986     Eng (A)    M.W.Gatting/D.I.Gower 3       2       0       1
1986-87  Aus (H)    A.R.Border            3       0       0       2       1
1986-87  SL  (H)    L.R.D.Mendis          3       2       0       1
1986-87  Pak (H)    Imran Khan            5       0       1       4
                                         34       4       7      22       1

22.  D.B.Vengsarkar

1987-88  WI  (H)    I.V.A.Richards        3       0       1       2
1988-89  NZ  (H)    J.G.Wright            3       2       1       0
1988-89  WI  (A)    I.V.A.Richards        4       0       3       1
                                         10       2       5       3

23.  R.J.Shastri

1987-88  WI  (H)    I.V.A.Richards        1       1       0       0


24.  K.Srikkanth

1989-90  Pak (A)    Imran Khan            4       0       0       4


25.  M.Azharuddin

1989-90  NZ  (A)    J.G.Wright            3       0       1       2
1990     Eng (A)    G.A.Gooch             3       0       1       2
1990-91  SL  (H)    A.Ranatunga           1       1       0       0
1991-92  Aus (A)    A.R.Border            5       0       4       1
1992-93  Zim (A)    D.L.Houghton          1       0       0       1
1992-93  RSA (A)    K.C.Wessels           4       0       1       3
1992-93  Eng (H)    G.A.Gooch/A.J.Stewart 3       3       0       0
1992-93  Zim (H)    D.L.Houghton          1       1       0       0
1993-94  SL  (A)    A.Ranatunga           3       1       0       2
1993-94  SL  (H)    A.Ranatunga           3       3       0       0
1993-94  NZ  (A)    K.R.Rutherford        1       0       0       1
1994-95  WI  (H)    C.A.Walsh             3       1       1       1
1995-96  NZ  (H)    L.K.Germon            3       1       0       2
1996     Eng (A)    M.A.Atherton          3       0       1       2
1997-98  Aus (H)    M.A.Taylor            3       2       1       0
1998-99  Zim (A)    A.D.R.Campbell        1       0       1       0
1998-99  NZ  (A)    S.P.Fleming           2       0       1       1
1998-99  Pak (H)    Wasim Akram           2       1       1       0
1998-99  Pak (H)    Wasim Akram           1       0       1       0
1998-99  SL  (A)    A.Ranatunga           1       0       0       1
                                         47      14      14      19

26.  S.R.Tendulkar

1996-97  Aus (H)    M.A.Taylor            1       1       0       0
1996-97  RSA (H)    W.J.Cronje            3       2       1       0
1996-97  RSA (A)    W.J.Cronje            3       0       2       1
1996-97  WI  (A)    C.A.Walsh/B.C.Lara    5       0       1       4
1997-98  SL  (A)    A.Ranatunga           2       0       0       2 
1997-98  SL  (H)    A.Ranatunga           3       0       0       3
1999-00  NZ  (H)    S.P.Fleming           3       1       0       2
1999-00  Aus (A)    S.R.Waugh             3       0       3       0
1999-00  RSA (H)    W.J.Cronje            2       0       2       0
                                         25       4       9      12


27. S.C.Ganguly
2000-01  Ban (A)    Naimur Rahman         1       1       0       0
2000-01  Zim (H)    H.H.Streak            2       1       0       1  
2000-01  Aus (H)    S.R.Waugh             3       2       1       0
2001     Zim (A)    H.H.Streak            2       1       1       0
2001     SL  (A)    S.T.Jayasuriya        3       1       2       0
2001-02  RSA (A)    S.M.Pollock           2       0       1       1
2001-02  Eng (H)    N.Hussain             3       1       0       2
2001-02  Eng (H)    N.Hussain             3       1       0       2
2001-02  Zim (H)    S.V.Carlisle          2       2       0       0
2001-02  WI  (A)    C.L.Hooper            5       1       2       2
2002     Eng (A)    N.Hussain             4       1       1       2
2002-03  WI  (H)    C.L.Hooper            3       2       0       1
2002-03  NZ  (A)    S.P.Fleming           2       0       2       0
2003-04  NZ  (H)    S.P.Fleming           1       0       0       1
2003-04  Aus (A)    S.R.Waugh             4       1       1       2
2003-04  Pak (A)    Inzamam-ul-Haq        1       1       0       0
2004-05  Aus (H)    A.C.Gilchrist         2       0       1       1 
2004-05  RSA (H)    G.C.Smith             2       1       0       1
2004-05  Ban (A)    Habibul Bashar        2       2       0       0
2004-05  Pak (H)    Inzamam-ul-Haq        3       1       1       1    
2005-06  Zim (A)    T.Taibu               2       2       0       0
                                         49      21      13      15

28. R.Dravid
2003-04  NZ  (H)    S.P.Fleming           1       0       0       1
2003-04  Pak (A)    Inzamam-ul-Haq        2       1       1       0
2004-05  Aus (H)    Gilchrist/Ponting     2       1       1       0
2005-06  SL  (H)    M.S.Atapattu          2       1       0       1
2005-06  Pak (A)    Inzamam/Younis Khan   3       0       1       2
2005-06  Eng (H)    A.Flintoff            3       1       1       1
2006     WI  (A)    B.C.Lara              4       1       0       3
2006-07  RSA (A)    G.C.Smith             3       1       2       0
2007     Bang(A)    Habibul Bashar        2       1       0       1
                                         22       7       6       9

29.  V.Sehwag
2005-06  SL  (H)    M.S.Atapattu          1       1       0       0

Submittted by Jeff Thomas (thomasjbg@insightbb.com)