In today’s time cricket is most watched event in world. Everyone watch it and like it. Cricket is like the festival of India. Indian cricketers are very popular in India and all over the world. Cricket is a sport which consider between 2 teams and each team have 11 players. Lets check top 10 most successful Indian cricket captain of all time.
Top 10 successful captain of India
Let’s discuss about most successful captain of India all over the time-
| Name | Career time | Match | Win | Loss |
| M.S Dhoni | 2007 to 2018 | 332 | 178 | 120 |
| Virat Kohli | 2013 to 2022 | 213 | 135 | 60 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1991 to 2005 | 195 | 97 | 78 |
| Rahul Dravid | 2000 to 2007 | 104 | 50 | 39 |
| M. Azharuddin | 1990 to 1999 | 221 | 104 | 90 |
| Kapil Dev | 1982 to 1987 | 108 | 43 | 40 |
| D. Vengsarkar | 1987 to 1989 | 28 | 10 | 15 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1996 to 2000 | 98 | 27 | 52 |
| Nawab Patudi | 1962 to 1975 | 40 | 9 | 19 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1976 to 1985 | 84 | 23 | 29 |
About the captains of India
1.M.S Dhoni
M.S Dhoni was born on 7 july 1981. He was an Indian professional crickter. Dhoni was the captain of India team. he is known as the greatest cricketer of the world. He was also known as the mastermind. Dhoni is wicket keeper batsman. He is current IPL franchise chennai super kings captain. Dhoni made is odi debut on the 23rd december 2004. In 2007 ICC world t20 and the 2011 world cup and ICC 2013 champions trophy won by India under the M.S Dhoni captaincy.
2.Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli was born on 5 novemebr 1988. He is an professional crickter of India team. He was also known as king of the cricket and run machine also. Kohli have so records such as most runs in the t20 internationals and in the Indian premier league. He was the former captain of royal challengers banglore team of ipl. He played approx 500 matches. He debut in international cricket on 2008.
3.Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 july 1972. He is also known as DADA which means big brother. He was most successful captian of India. Ganguly score 11363 runs in the odi cricket. Ganguly awarded Padam Shri in 2004.
4.Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid was born on the 11 january 1973. He was indian former cricketer. Dravid is currently India team head coach. Dravid score 24177 runs in the international cricket. He was the head of the National cricket academy and the head coach of under-19.
5.Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin was born on 8 February and he was the former captain of the India team. He is the working president of the Telangana congress committee and he was the member of the parliament. He played 99 test matches and 334 odi matches. He won the both 1991 Asia cup and 1995 Asia cup.
6.Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev was born on 6th January 1959. He was one of the best all rounder in the cricket. He was fast medium bowler and middle order batsman. Kapil Dev has taken 400 wickets and make more than 5000 runs in the test cricket. He won the 1983 world cup and make India proud and he was 1st captain to win world cup. Dev was awarded Padam Shri in 1982 and Padam Bhushan in 1991. Kapil Dev was ICC cricket hall of the fame.
7.Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Vengsarkar was born on 6th april 1956. He was the foremost exponent of the drive. He was in the India team when India won 1983 world cup. He was at the number 1 position in 1989 for 21 months. He start his cricket debut in 1975 against New Zealand.
8.Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th April 1973.He is the one of the greatest batsmen of the cricket. He is the highest scorer in the ODI and the Test. He makes more than 18000 runs in odi and 15000 runs in test cricket. Sachin was the member of parliament and Rajya Sabha. He was also known as the ‘God OF The Cricket’ He made his debut against Pakistan in test match 1989. Sachin was awarded as the Arjuna Award in 1994, Khel Ratna Award in 1997, Padam Shri in 1998, Padam Vibhushan in 2008.
9.Nawab Patudi
Nawab Mohammad Ali Khan Patudi was born on 5 January 1941 and died on 22 sept 2011. He was also known as Tiger Patudi. He was appointed India team captain at age of 21. Patudi was greatest fielder in the world.
10.Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar was born on 10th july 1949. He was Indian former player and commentator. He was greatest opening batsmen. He was the fast bowler with the average speed of 65.45. Gavaskar awarded Arjuna Award and Padam Bhushan. He was ICC cricket hall of the fame in 2009.
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