Indian Test captains
The following table lists the 33 Indian captains with their performances from India’s test debut in 1932 against England to the just concluded first test against England at Chennai
| No | Name | Season | Opp | Venue | P | W | L | D |
| 1 | CK Nayudu | 1932 | Eng | Eng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1933–34 | Eng | Ind | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | MK Vizianagram | 1936 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | IAK Pataudi | 1946 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | L Amarnath | 1947–48 | Aus | Aus | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948–49 | Win | Ind | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1952–53 | Pak | Ind | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | VS Hazare | 1951–52 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1952 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1952–53 | Win | Win | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | MH Mankad | 1954–55 | Pak | Pak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1958–59 | Win | Ind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1955–56 | NZl | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958–59 | Win | Ind | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | PR Umrigar | 1955–56 | NZl | Ind | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956–57 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1958–59 | Win | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | HR Adhikari | 1958–59 | Win | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | DK Gaekwad | 1959 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | P Roy | 1959 | Eng | Eng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | GS Ramchand | 1959–60 | Aus | Ind | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | NJ Contractor | 1960–61 | Pak | Ind | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1961–62 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1961–62 | Win | Win | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | MAK Pataudi | 1961–62 | Win | Win | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1963–64 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1964–65 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1964–65 | NZl | Ind | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1966–67 | Win | Ind | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1967 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | NZl | NZl | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1969–70 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1969–70 | Aus | Ind | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1974–75 | Win | Ind | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | CG Borde | 1967–68 | Aus | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | AL Wadekar | 1970–71 | Win | Win | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1971 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1972–73 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1974 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | S Venkataraghavan | 1974–75 | Win | Ind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | SM Gavaskar | 1975–76 | NZl | NZl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978–79 | Win | Ind | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1979–80 | Aus | Ind | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1979–80 | Pak | Ind | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1980–81 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1980–81 | NZl | NZl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Eng | Ind | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1982 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Srl | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1982–83 | Pak | Pak | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1984–85 | Pak | Pak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| 19 | BS Bedi | 1975–76 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975–76 | Win | Win | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1976–77 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1976–77 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1977–78 | Aus | Aus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Pak | Pak | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | GR Viswanath | 1979–80 | Pak | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979–80 | Eng | Ind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Kapil Dev | 1982–83 | Win | Win | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1983–84 | Pak | Ind | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1983–84 | Win | Ind | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1985 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1985–86 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1986 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1986–87 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Srl | Ind | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1986–87 | Pak | Ind | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | DB Vengsarkar | 1987–88 | Win | Ind | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1988–89 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | Win | Win | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 23 | RJ Shastri | 1987–88 | Win | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | K Srikkanth | 1989–90 | Pak | Pak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 25 | M Azharuddin | 1989–90 | NZl | NZl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1990 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Srl | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Aus | Aus | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | Zim | Zim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | SAF | SAF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1992–93 | Eng | Ind | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Zim | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Srl | Ind | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | NZl | NZl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1994–95 | Win | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1995–96 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Zim | Zim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1998–99 | Pak | Ind | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Pak | Ind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Srl | Srl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 26 | SR Tendulkar | 1996–97 | Aus | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | SAF | Ind | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | SAF | SAF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1996–97 | Win | Win | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1997 | Srl | Srl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Srl | Ind | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1999–00 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | SAF | Ind | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 27 | SC Ganguly | 2000–01 | Ban | Ban | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | Zim | Ind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Zim | Zim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | SAF | SAF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | Eng | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Zim | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Win | Win | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Win | Ind | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2002–03 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | NZl | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04 | Aus | Aus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Pak | Pak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Aus | Ind | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | SAF | Ind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | Ban | Ban | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Pak | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Zim | Zim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 28 | R Dravid | 2003–04 | NZl | Ind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | Pak | Pak | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Aus | Ind | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Srl | Ind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Pak | Pak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Eng | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Win | Win | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2006–07 | SAF | SAF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Ban | Ban | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Eng | Eng | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 29 | V Sehwag | 2005–06 | Srl | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | NZl | NZl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Ban | Ban | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Aus | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | A Kumble | 2007 | Pak | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | Aus | Aus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | SAF | Ind | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Aus | Ind | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 31 | MS Dhoni | 2008 | SAF | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Aus | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Eng | Ind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | Srl | Ind | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Ban | Ban | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | SAF | Ind | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Aus | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | SAF | SAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | Win | Win | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Eng | Eng | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Win | Ind | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | NZl | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Eng | Ind | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | Aus | Ind | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Win | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | SAF | SAF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Eng | Eng | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Aus | Aus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 27 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 32 | V Kohli | 2014–15 | Aus | Aus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | Ban | Ban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | SAF | Ind | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Win | Win | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | NZl | Ind | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Eng | Ind | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Ban | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Aus | Ind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Srl | Srl | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Srl | Ind | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | SAF | SAF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Eng | Eng | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Win | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Aus | Aus | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Win | Win | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | SAF | Ind | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ban | Ind | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | NZl | NZl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Aus | Aus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Eng | Ind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 57 | 33 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 33 | AM Rahane | 2017 | Aus | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Afg | Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Aus | Aus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| G Total | 546 | 159 | 168 | 219 | ||||