List of India Test cricketers

Captains[edit]

Main article: Indian national cricket captains

A total of 31 players have captained the Indian Test team so far and among them, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the highest win rate (49.99%), followed by Sourav Ganguly (42.85%). Sourav Ganguly captained the team for most number of test matches (49). He was responsible for changing the face of Indian Test cricket overseas.^[6] Sunil Gavaskar(1975 - 1984) has maximum number of drawn matches (30). As of 2012, Nawab of Pataudi remains the youngest captain for India in test matches.^[7]

Cap	Name	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
1	C. K. Nayudu	1932–1933	4	0	3	1	0
2	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	1936	3	0	2	1	0
3	Nawab of Pataudi, Sr.	1946	3	0	1	2	0
4	Lala Amarnath	1947–1952	15	2	6	7	13.33
5	Vijay Hazare	1951–1952	14	1	5	8	7.14
6	Vinoo Mankad	1954–1959	6	0	1	5	0
7	Ghulam Ahmed	1955–1958	3	0	2	1	0
8	Polly Umrigar	1955–1958	8	2	2	4	25
9	Hemu Adhikari	1958	1	0	0	1	0
10	Datta Gaekwad	1959	4	0	4	0	0
11	Pankaj Roy	1959	1	0	1	0	0
12	Gulabrai Ramchand	1959	5	1	2	2	20
13	Nari Contractor	1960–1961	12	2	2	8	16.66
14	Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.	1961–1974	40	9	19	12	22.5
15	Chandu Borde	1967	1	0	1	0	0
16	Ajit Wadekar	1970–1974	16	4	4	8	25
17	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	1974–1979	5	0	2	3	0
18	Sunil Gavaskar	1975–1984	47	9	8	30	19.14
19	Bishan Singh Bedi	1975–1978	22	6	11	5	27.27
20	Gundappa Viswanath	1979	2	0	1	1	0
21	Kapil Dev	1982–1986	34	4	7	23	11.7
22	Dilip Vengsarkar	1987–1989	10	2	5	3	20
23	Ravi Shastri	1987	1	1	0	0	100
24	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	1989	4	0	0	4	0
25	Mohammad Azharuddin	1989–1998	47	14	14	19	29.78
26	Sachin Tendulkar	1996–1999	25	4	9	12	16
27	Sourav Ganguly	2000–2005	49	21	13	15	42.85
28	Rahul Dravid	2003–2007	25	8	6	11	32
29	Virender Sehwag	2005–2012	4	2	1	1	50
30	Anil Kumble	2007–2008	14	3	5	6	21.42
31	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2008-2014	60	27	18	15	45.76
32	Virat Kohli	2014–present	2	0	1	1	0
Total			487	122	156	208	25.31