Indian captains who have scored fifties on captaincy debut
Shubman Gill scored 147 against England at Leeds in the on-going test to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty on captaincy debut. All such occasions are tabulated below. He also became the second Indian captain to achieve such a feat against England after VS Hazare
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | VS Hazare | 164* | – | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 |
| 2 | HR Adhikari | 63 | 40 | v West Indies | Delhi | 06 Feb 1959 |
| 3 | NJ Contractor | 62 | – | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 02 Dec 1960 |
| 4 | CG Borde | 69 | 12 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
| 5 | SM Gavaskar | 116 | 35* | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 6 | DB Vengsarkar | 10 | 102 | v West Indies | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 |
| 7 | SC Ganguly | 84 | DNB | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 10 Nov 2000 |
| 8 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 9 | KL Rahul | 50 | 8 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2022 |
| 10 | Shubman Gill | 147 | – | v England | Leeds | 20 Jun 2025 |
Shubman Gill scored 147 against England at Leeds in the on-going test to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty on captaincy debut on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | CG Borde | 69 | 12 | v Australia | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 116 | 35* | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 3 | SC Ganguly | 84 | DNB | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 10 Nov 2000 |
| 4 | V Kohli | 115 | 141 | v Australia | Adelaide | 09 Dec 2014 |
| 5 | KL Rahul | 50 | 8 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2022 |
| 6 | Shubman Gill | 147 | – | v England | Leeds | 20 Jun 2025 |