India fields a new captain against Australia at home for Pune Test – Australia fields a new captain against India for an away test at Pune
V Kohli earned the distinction of becoming the 12th captain to lead India against Australia on Indian soil. The following table shows the performance of other eleven Indian captains against Australia at home
| No | Captain | M | W | L | T | D |
| 1 | PR Umrigar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | GS Ramchand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MAK Pataudi | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | N Kapil Dev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | SR Tendulkar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | M Azharuddin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | SC Ganguly | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | R Dravid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | A Kumble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MS Dhoni | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SPD Smith became the 14th captain to lead Australia against India in India. The following table lists the performance of other thirteen Australian captains who have led Australia against India in India
| No | Captain | M | W | L | T | D |
| 1 | IWG Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RR Lindwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | R Benaud | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | RB Simpson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | WM Lawry | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | KJ Hughes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | AR Border | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MA Taylor | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | SR Waugh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | AC Gilchrist | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | RT Ponting | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | SR Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |