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Dravid's record as captain

By Rajneesh Gupta
September 15, 2007 00:00 IST
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday made a shocking announcement that Rahul Dravid had asked to be relieved of the team's captaincy as he wants to concentrate on his batting.

It brings to an abrupt end the Karnataka batsman's two-year stint at the top after replacing Sourav Ganguly.

A detailed look at the captaincy record of the three recent Indian captains -- Dravid, Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar.

Dravid in comparison with other recent Indian captains:

Tests

Played Won Lost Drawn Won%
Dravid 25 8 6 11 32.00
Ganguly 49 21 13 15 42.86
Tendulkar 25 4 9 12 16.00

One-Day Internationals

Played Won Lost NR Won%
Dravid 79 42 33 4 53.16
Ganguly 146 76 65 5 52.05
Tendulkar 73 23 43 6* 31.51
* in addition one match was tied

Burden of captaincy on the performance with the bat:

Tests

As a captain As a player
Mts Runs Avg Mts Runs Avg Change in Avg
Dravid 25 1736 44.51 86 7733 60.88 -16.37
Ganguly 49 2561 37.66 47 3251 44.53 -6.87
Tendulkar 25 2054 51.35 115 9096 55.80 -4.45

One-Day Internationals

As a captain As a player
Mts Runs Avg Mts Runs Avg Change in Avg
Dravid 79 2658 42.19 244 7755 39.36 2.83
Ganguly 146 5082 38.79 153 5923 43.87 -5.08
Tendulkar 73 2454 37.75 322 12971 45.83 -8.08

Note: All records are for India's matches only

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