India’s captain openers in one day games
AM Rahane of India became the ninth captain opener to lead India,when he led India against Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.07.15. The career figures of all the nine captain openers are furnished below – All stats as of 10.07.15
AM Rahane also became the 82nd captain opener in the history of one day internationals
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 18 | 18 | 0 | 390 | 80 | 21.66 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | K Srikkanth | 13 | 12 | 0 | 340 | 65 | 28.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | RJ Shastri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 109 | 109.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SR Tendulkar | 58 | 56 | 3 | 2112 | 186* | 39.84 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 95 | 94 | 5 | 3381 | 144 | 37.98 | 8 | 19 | 6 |
| 6 | V Sehwag | 11 | 11 | 0 | 395 | 219 | 35.90 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | R Dravid | 14 | 14 | 1 | 514 | 105 | 39.53 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | G Gambhir | 6 | 6 | 2 | 360 | 138* | 90.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | AM Rahane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The following table lists the performance of Indian captain openers on their first assignment as captain. RJ Shastri and SR Tendulkar are only two Indin captain openers to score a hundred on the first assignment as captain
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 4 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Dec 1980 |
| 2 | K Srikkanth | 11 | 1 | v West Indies | Sharjah | 13 Oct 1989 |
| 3 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | v South Africa | New Delhi | 14 Nov 1991 |
| 4 | SR Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 28 Aug 1996 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 32 | 2 | v West Indies | Singapore | 05 Sep 1999 |
| 6 | V Sehwag | 43 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 16 Apr 2003 |
| 7 | R Dravid | 50 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 19 Feb 2006 |
| 8 | G Gambhir | 38 | 1 | v New Zealand | Guwahati | 28 Nov 2010 |
| 9 | AM Rahane | 34 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 10 Jul 2015 |