Indian Test captains down the ages
Updated: Wed, Feb 11 2015 00:23 IST
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) One of India's most successful Test captains, Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday announced his retirement from the test cricket. Following is the list of cricketers who have captained the Indian Test team so far.
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List of Indian Test Captains along with their records
| Captain | Y | M | W | L | T | D |
| C.K. Nayudu | 1932-34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Maharaja of Vizianagram | 1936 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nawab of Pataudi | 1946 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lala Amarnath | 1947-52 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Vijay Hazare | 1951-54 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 1955-59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 1955-59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Polly Umrigar | 1955-58 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hemu Adhikari | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pankaj Roy | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959-60 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nari Contractor | 1960-62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Mansir Ali Khan | 1962-75 | 40 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Chandu Borde | 1967 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1971-74 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| S. Venkataraghavan | 1974-79 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1976-85 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 1976-78 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kapil Dev | 1983-87 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987-89 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Ravi Shastri | 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Srikkanth | 1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 1990-99 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1996-2000 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2000-05 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Rahul Dravid | 2003-07 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2005-12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | 2007-08 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| MS Dhoni | 2008-14 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 15 |
CRICKETNMORE with inputs from Agency