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Ganguly equals Azhar's record

By Rajneesh Gupta
December 17, 2003

Sourav Ganguly equaled Mohammad Azharuddin's record of winning most Tests as Indian skipper with the win in Adelaide Test.

Both Azharuddin and Ganguly have now led India to 14 Test wins, but while Azhar captained India in 47 Tests, Ganguly needed only 35 to come at level with him.

Moreover, Ganguly has lost fewer matches in comparison with Azharuddin.

The following table lists the most successful Indian captains (minimum qualification of one Test win)

Captain M W L D T Winning %
M Azharuddin 47 14 14 19 0 29.79
SC Ganguly 35 14 10 11 0 38.24
SM Gavaskar 47 9 8 30 0 19.15
Pataudi (Nawab of) jr 40 9 19 12 0 22.50
BS Bedi 22 6 11 5 0 27.27
N Kapil Dev 34 4 7 22 1 11.76
SR Tendulkar 25 4 9 12 0 16.00
AL Wadekar 16 4 4 8 0 25.00
L Amarnath 15 2 6 7 0 13.33
NJ Contractor 12 2 2 8 0 16.67
PR Umrigar 8 2 2 4 0 25.00
DB Vengsarkar 10 2 5 3 0 20.00
RJ Shastri 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
GS Ramchand 5 1 2 2 0 20.00
VS Hazare 14 1 5 8 0 7.14

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