List of Indian ODI cricket team captains (1974 - 2025)

By Ravi - Aug 21, 2025 03:48 PM
Last updated on Aug 21, 2025 03:53 PM

List of Indian ODI cricket team captains (1974 - 2025)

Rohit Sharma is currently the captain of the ODI team. He was the 24th player to captain the ODI team for India, now his career is in its final stage, so the question arises who will be the next captain? Some people are suggesting the name of Shubman Gill, while a report says that BCCI is considering making Shreyas Iyer the next captain. Well, here we are telling you about the 27 players who have captained the Indian ODI team.

List of Captains of One Day Cricket Team of India (1974-2025)

Captain	Year
Ajit Wadekar	1974
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	1975-1979
Bishan Singh Bedi	1976-1978
Sunil Gavaskar	1980-1985
Gundappa Viswanath	1981
Kapil Dev	1982-1987
Syed Kirmani	1983
Mohinder Amarnath	1984
Ravi Shastri	1987-1988
Dilip Vengsarkar	1987-1989
Kris Srikkanth	1989
Mohammad Azharuddin	1990-1999
Sachin Tendulkar	1996-2000
Ajay Jadeja	1998-1999
Sourav Ganguly	1999-2005
Rahul Dravid	2000-2007
Anil Kumble	2002
Virender Sehwag	2003-2012
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007-2018
Suresh Raina	2010-2014
Gautam Gambhir	2010-2011
Virat Kohli	2013-2021
Ajinkya Rahane	2015
Rohit Sharma	2017-Present
Shikhar Dhawan	2021-2022
KL Rahul	2022
Rishabh Pant	2022
Hardik Pandya	2022

India most successful ODI captain

MS Dhoni is considered India's most successful ODI captain. He led India to victory in the 2011 World Cup, the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy, making him the only captain to win these three major ICC titles. Dhoni captained India in 200 ODIs and won 110.

S. No	Player	Span	Match	Overall Win %
1	Rohit Sharma	2017 - Present	56	75
2	Virat Kohli	2013-2021	95	70.43
3	MS Dhoni	2007-2018	200	59.52
4	Rahul Dravid	2000-2007	79	56
5	Mohammad Azharuddin	1990-1999	174	54.16
6	Kapil Dev	1982-1987	74	54.16
7	Sourav Ganguly	1999-2005	146	53.9
8	Sunil Gavaskar	1980-1985	37	40
9	SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	73	35.07