List of India Captains in Test Cricket: Check Names of Skippers of Indian National Cricket Team As Shubman Gill is Named New Captain

By Pune Media On May 24, 2025

Shubman Gill became India’s 37th Test captain when the BCCI named the young sensation skipper for India’s national cricket team’s upcoming tour of England, starting next month. Gill will lead for the first time in full capacity during the IND vs ENG 2025 Test series, consisting of five matches. The 25-year-old takes over from Rohit Sharma, who retired from the format earlier this month. Shubman Gill Named India’s New Test Captain; Sai Sudharsan, Arshdeep Singh Earn Maiden Call-Ups As BCCI Announces 18-Member Squad For IND vs ENG 2025 Series.

Gill will join a long list of India Test captains who have toured England, Ajit Wadekar, who earned the nation its first Test and series win against England back in 1971, to Jasprit Bumrah, who was the last Indian skipper to lead Team India in England. With this in mind, let us check out all the India Test captains since 1932.

List Of India Test Captains

	Name	Matches
1	CK Nayudu	4
2	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	3
3	Iftikhar Ali Pataudi	3
4	Lala Amarnath	15
5	Vijay Hazare	14
6	Vinoo Mankad	6
7	Ghulam Ahmed	3
8	Polly Umrigar	8
9	Hemu Adhikari	1
10	Datta Gaekwad	4
11	Pankaj Roy	1
11	Gulabrai Ramchand	5
13	Nari Contractor	12
14	Mansoor Ali Pataudi	40
15	Chandu Borde	1
16	Ajit Wadekar	16
17	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghvan	5
18	Sunil Gavaskar	47
19	Bishan Singh Bedi	22
20	Gundappa Vishwanath	2
21	Kapil Dev	34
22	Dilip Vengsarkar	10
23	Ravi Shastri	1
24	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	4
25	Mohammad Azharuddin	47
26	Sachin Tendulkar	25
27	Sourav Ganguly	49
28	Rahul Dravid	25
29	Virender Sehwag	4
30	Anil Kumble	14
31	MS Dhoni	60
32	Virat Kohli	68
33	Ajinkya Rahane	6
34	KL Rahul	3
35	Rohit Sharma	24
36	Jasprit Bumrah	3
37	Shubman Gill	–

Out of the 36 captains before Gill, Virat Kohli remains India’s best in the format, winning 40 out of 68, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the second-best, winning 27 matches, followed by Sourav Ganguly, who clinched 21 under his stint.

Gill has shown his leadership skills in the Indian Premier League (IPL), leading Gujarat Titans, but captaining an international team will be a test for the 25-year-old.

(The above story first appeared on Pune Media on May 24, 2025 02:21 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website Pune Media.com).

_{Images are for reference only.Images and contents gathered automatic from google or 3rd party sources.All rights on the images and contents are with their legal original owners.}

_{Aggregated From –}

_{Source link}