New Delhi, Dec 30, 2014 (Agency)
One of India’s most successful Test captains, Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday announced his retirement from the longest format of the game. Following is the list of cricketers who have captained the Indian Test team so far.
| Captains | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw |
| CK Nayudu | 1932-1934 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Vizianagram | 1936-1936 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | 1946-1946 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L Amarnath | 1947-1952 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| VS Hazare | 1951-1953 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| MH Mankad | 1955-1959 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 1955-1959 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PR Umrigar | 1955-1958 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| HR Adhikari | 1959-1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DK Gaekwad | 1959-1959 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| P Roy | 1959-1959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GS Ramchand | 1959-1960 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| NJ Contractor | 1960-1962 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | 1962-1975 | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 |
| CG Borde | 1967-1967 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AL Wadekar | 1971-1974 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| S Venkataraghavan | 1974-1979 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1976-1985 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 1976-1978 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| GR Viswanath | 1980-1980 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kapil Dev | 1983-1987 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| DB Vengsarkar | 1987-1989 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Ravi Shastri | 1988-1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K Srikkanth | 1989-1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohd Azharuddin | 1990-1999 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1996-2000 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2000-2005 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 |
| Rahul Dravid | 2003-2007 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2005-2012 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | 2007-2008 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| MS Dhoni | 2008-2014 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 15 |
| Virat Kohli | 2014-2022 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 |
| AM Rahane | 2017-2021 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| KL Rahul | 2022-2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 2022-2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2022-2023 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
