The following table lists the performance of Indian captains with respect to the result of the test in their debut test as captain.

No	Player	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Result
1	CK Nayudu	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932	Lost	By	158	Runs
2	Vizianagram	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936	Lost	By	009	Wkts
3	IAK Pataudi	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946	Lost	By	010	Wkts
4	L Amarnath	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Lost	By	Inns + 226	Runs
5	VS Hazare	Eng	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Drawn	Test
6	MH Mankad	Pak	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Drawn	Test
7	Ghulam Ahmed	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955	Drawn	Test
8	PR Umrigar	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1955	Won	By	Inns + 027	Runs
9	HR Adhikari	Win	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Drawn	Test
10	DK Gaekwad	Eng	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Lost	By	Inns + 059	Runs
11	P Roy	Eng	Lord’s	18 Jun 1959	Lost	By	008	Wkts
12	GS Ramchand	Aus	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Lost	By	Inns + 127	Runs
13	NJ Contractor	Pak	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1960	Drawn	Test
14	MAK Pataudi	Win	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Lost	By	Inns + 030	Runs
15	CG Borde	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Lost	By	146	Runs
16	AL Wadekar	Win	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Drawn	Test
17	S Venkataraghavan	Win	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Lost	By	Inns + 017	Runs
18	SM Gavaskar	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Won	By	008	wkts
19	BS Bedi	NZl	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Drawn	Test
20	GR Viswanath	Pak	Kolkata	29 Jan 1980	Drawn	Test
21	N Kapil Dev	Win	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Lost	By	004	Wkts
22	DB Vengsarkar	Win	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Lost	By	005	Wkts
23	RJ Shastri	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Won	By	255	Runs
24	K Srikkanth	Pak	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Drawn	Test
25	M Azharuddin	NZl	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Lost	By	010	Wkts
26	SR Tendulkar	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Won	By	007	Wkts
27	SC Ganguly	Ban	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Won	By	009	Wkts
28	R Dravid	NZl	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Drawn	Test
29	V Sehwag	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Won	By	259	Runs
30	A Kumble	Pak	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Won	By	006	Wkts
31	MS Dhoni	v SAF	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Won	By	008	Wkts
32	V Kohli	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014	Lost	By	048	Runs
33	AM Rahane	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Won	By	008	wkts

AM Rahane became the ninth Indian captain to win his debut test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Result
1	PR Umrigar	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1955	Won	By	Inns + 027	Runs
2	SM Gavaskar	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Won	By	008	wkts
3	RJ Shastri	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Won	By	255	Runs
4	SR Tendulkar	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Won	By	007	Wkts
5	SC Ganguly	Ban	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Won	By	009	Wkts
6	V Sehwag	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Won	By	259	Runs
7	A Kumble	Pak	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Won	By	006	Wkts
8	MS Dhoni	SAF	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Won	By	008	Wkts
9	AM Rahane	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Won	By	008	wkts

AM Rahane became the sixth captain to lead India in a test against Australia. The performance of these six captains with respect to the result of the test in their debut test as captain is furnished below

No	Player	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Result
1	L Amarnath	Aus	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Lost	By	Inns + 226	Runs
2	GS Ramchand	Aus	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Lost	By	Inns + 127	Runs
3	CG Borde	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Lost	By	146	Runs
4	SR Tendulkar	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Won	By	007	Wkts
5	V Kohli	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014	Lost	By	048	Runs
6	AM Rahane	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Won	By	008	wkts

AM Rahane became the second Indian captain to win a test against Australia on his debut test as captain after SR Tendulkar. India had carved a victory by seven wickets against Australia in SR Tendulkar’s debut test as captain in October 1996 at Delhi

No	Player	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Result
1	SR Tendulkar	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Won	By	007	Wkts
2	AM Rahane	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Won	By	008	Wkts