India captain MS Dhoni has equalled former skipper Sourav Ganguly's Test record for most wins. Dhoni achieved the coveted mark after team India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the first Test in Chennai on Tuesday.
Ganguly was the most successful Test captain for India with 21 wins. And now, Dhoni is all set to overtake him during the current series with three more Tests to play.
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Dhoni also smashed a record 224 against Australia in the first Test on Monday to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain.
Looks like captain cool is on a roll!
Most successful captains in Test cricket
|
|
Tests |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Drawn |
Win% |
|
Graeme Smith (SA) |
102 |
50 |
26 |
0 |
26 |
49.02 |
|
Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
77 |
48 |
16 |
0 |
13 |
62.34 |
|
Steve Waugh (Aus) |
57 |
41 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
71.93 |
|
Clive Lloyd (WI) |
74 |
36 |
12 |
0 |
26 |
48.65 |
|
Allan Border (Aus) |
93 |
32 |
22 |
1 |
38 |
34.41 |
|
Stephen Fleming (NZ) |
80 |
28 |
27 |
0 |
25 |
35.00 |
|
Viv Richards (WI) |
50 |
27 |
8 |
0 |
15 |
54.00 |
|
Hansie Cronje (SA) |
53 |
27 |
11 |
0 |
15 |
50.94 |
|
Mark Taylor (Aus) |
50 |
26 |
13 |
0 |
11 |
52.00 |
|
Michael Vaughan (Eng) |
51 |
26 |
11 |
0 |
14 |
50.98 |
Most successful Indian captains in Test cricket
|
|
Tests |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Drawn |
Win% |
|
MS Dhoni |
44 |
21 |
12 |
0 |
11 |
47.73 |
|
Sourav Ganguly |
49 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
15 |
42.86 |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin |
47 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
19 |
29.79 |
|
Tiger Pataudi |
40 |
9 |
19 |
0 |
12 |
22.50 |
|
Sunil Gavaskar |
47 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
30 |
19.15 |
|
Rahul Dravid |
25 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
32.00 |
|
Bishan Singh Bedi |
22 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
27.27 |
|
Ajit Wadekar |
16 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
25.00 |
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
25 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
12 |
16.00 |
|
Kapil Dev |
34 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
22 |
11.76 |
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