Captains who have captured five or more wickets in one day games – JO Holder joins the elite list
JO Holder captured captured five for 27 in the fourth one day game against India on 02.07.17 to provide the 21st occasion of a captain capturing a five wicket haul in the history of one day games. All such occasions are listed below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Chappell | 11.0 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Birmingham | 04 Jun 1977 |
| 2 | GS Chappell | 09.5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 08 Jan 1981 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev | 12.0 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1983 |
| 4 | IVA Richards | 10.0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 2 | Win | NZl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1987 |
| 5 | IVA Richards | 09.4 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 23 Oct 1989 |
| 6 | Wasim Akram | 06.1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Pak | RSA | East London | 15 Feb 1993 |
| 7 | Wasim Akram | 07.0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Pak | Zim | Karachi | 24 Dec 1993 |
| 8 | AY Karim | 10.0 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 2 | Ken | Ban | Nairobi (Gym) | 10 Oct 1997 |
| 9 | ST Jayasuriya | 09.0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | Srl | Aus | Galle | 22 Aug 1999 |
| 10 | SC Ganguly | 10.0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Zim | Kanpur | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 11 | Waqar Younis | 10.0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Leeds | 17 Jun 2001 |
| 12 | Waqar Younis | 08.0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Nottingham | 19 Jun 2001 |
| 13 | SM Pollock | 09.5 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 1 | RSA | Ind | Centurion | 10 Oct 2001 |
| 14 | Waqar Younis | 10.0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 1 | Pak | RSA | Tangier | 12 Aug 2002 |
| 15 | DL Vettori | 06.0 | 2 | 07 | 5 | 1 | NZl | Ban | Queenstown | 31 Dec 2007 |
| 16 | Shahid Afridi | 08.0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Pak | Ken | Hambantota | 23 Feb 2011 |
| 17 | Shahid Afridi | 10.0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 2 | Pak | Can | Colombo (RPS) | 03 Mar 2011 |
| 18 | DJ Bravo | 10.0 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 1 | Win | Zim | St George’s | 24 Feb 2013 |
| 18 | Rohan Mustafa | 08.2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | UAE | PNG | Abu Dhabi | 04 Apr 2017 |
| 20 | AG Cremer | 10.0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 1 | Zim | Sco | Edinburgh | 17 Jun 2017 |
| 21 | JO Holder | 09.4 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | Win | Ind | North Sound | 02 Jul 2017 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of a West Indies captain capturing five or more wickets in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | IVA Richards | 10.0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 2 | Win | NZl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1987 |
| 2 | IVA Richards | 09.4 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 23 Oct 1989 |
| 3 | DJ Bravo | 10.0 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 1 | Win | Zim | St George’s | 24 Feb 2013 |
| 4 | JO Holder | 09.4 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | Win | Ind | North Sound | 02 Jul 2017 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of a captain capturing five or more wickets against India in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Chappell | 09.5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 08 Jan 1981 |
| 2 | IVA Richards | 09.4 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 23 Oct 1989 |
| 3 | SM Pollock | 09.5 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 1 | RSA | Ind | Centurion | 10 Oct 2001 |
| 4 | JO Holder | 09.4 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | Win | Ind | North Sound | 02 Jul 2017 |
GS Chappell of Australia, IVA Richards of West Indies, Shahid Afridi of Pakistan, Waqar Younis of Pakistan and Wasim Akram of Pakistan are the five captains who have captured five or more wickets in a one day game. Waqar Younis holds the record in this category of statistics with three such occasions. The exploits of these five captains are listed below
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Chappell | 11.0 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Birmingham | 04 Jun 1977 |
| 2 | GS Chappell | 09.5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 08 Jan 1981 |
| 1 | IVA Richards | 10.0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 2 | Win | NZl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1987 |
| 2 | IVA Richards | 09.4 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | Win | Ind | Delhi | 23 Oct 1989 |
| 1 | Shahid Afridi | 08.0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Pak | Ken | Hambantota | 23 Feb 2011 |
| 2 | Shahid Afridi | 10.0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 2 | Pak | Can | Colombo (RPS) | 03 Mar 2011 |
| 1 | Waqar Younis | 10.0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 1 | Pak | Eng | Leeds | 17 Jun 2001 |
| 2 | Waqar Younis | 08.0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Nottingham | 19 Jun 2001 |
| 3 | Waqar Younis | 10.0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 1 | Pak | RSA | Tangier | 12 Aug 2002 |
| 1 | Wasim Akram | 06.1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Pak | RSA | East London | 15 Feb 1993 |
| 2 | Wasim Akram | 07.0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Pak | Zim | Karachi | 24 Dec 1993 |