Indian captains in England: Win-loss percentage, stats & track record before Shubman Gill’s 2025 ENG tour

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Indian cricket team captain Shubman Gill with teammates during a practice session ahead of the first Test cricket match against England, at Headingley, Leeds, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (ICC via PTI Photo)

Indian captains in England, win-loss record: Newly anointed Indian Test captain Shubman Gill will face perhaps his biggest challenge in his very first tour as India is all set to play England in a five-match Test series starting from Friday, with the Headingley in Leeds. Gill was made the Test captain after Rohit Sharma announced that he would hang up his boots in this format. The development was then succeeded by the shock retirement of one of the greatest players of this generation, Virat Kohli.

The void left by these two batting greats will be a tough one to fill, as India have gone on with young talents to face mighty England. India holds a poor record in Tests in England. Out of 67 Tests between the two nations in England, India have only managed to win just nine of them. Gill will be the 18th Indian to lead his side in England.

Before Gill, 17 different players have led the Indian side in England, with only six of them leading the side to a win. CK Nayudu was the first Indian captain to tour England. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni (both nine Tests) have captained India for the most time in England. Under Kohli, India have won three Tests, the highest under any Indian skipper.

1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev holds the best winning percentage among any Indian captains in England. Under Kapil, India won two out of three Tests, resulting in a win percentage of 66.66. Among all six Indian captains who have won a Test in England, Dhoni has the worst winning percentage of just 11.11. Under Dhoni, India have lost eight out of nine Tests there.

The Indian side has only won three series in England. The first one came under Ajit Wadekar in 1971, when India beat England 1-0 in the three-match Test series. In 1986, India handed England a 2-0 defeat in a three-match series under Kapil before winning their last series on England’s soil in 2007 under Rahul Dravid.

Under Kohli, India were leading the five-match Test series 2-1 after the fourth Test when the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. When the series resumed after a break of one year, India lost the final Test under Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy, ultimately resulting in a 2-2 series draw.

List of Indian captains in England: Win/loss record

Captains	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Win %	Lost %
CK Nayudu	1932-1932	1	0	1	0	–	100
Vizianagram	1936-1936	3	0	2	1	–	66.66
Nawab of Pataudi	1946-1946	3	0	1	2	–	33.33
Vijay Hazare	1952-1952	4	0	3	1	–	75
Pankaj Roy	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	–	100
Datta Gaekwad	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	–	100
MAK Pataudi	1967-1967	3	0	3	0	–	100
Ajit Wadekar	1971-1974	6	1	3	2	16.66	50
S Venkataraghavan	1979-1979	4	0	1	3	–	25
Sunil Gavaskar	1982-1982	3	0	1	2	–	33.33
Kapil Dev	1986-1986	3	2	0	1	66.66	–
M Azharuddin	1990-1996	6	0	2	4	–	33.33
Sourav Ganguly	2002-2002	4	1	1	2	25	25
Rahul Dravid	2007-2007	3	1	0	2	33.33	–
MS Dhoni	2011-2014	9	1	7	1	11.11	77.77
Virat Kohli	2018-2021	9	3	5	1	33.33	55.55
Jasprit Bumrah	2022-2022	1	0	1	0	–	100
Shubman Gill*	2025-	–	–	–	–	–	–