Jul 7, 2024, 06:04 PM IST

Players to captain India in T20Is

Chankesh Rao

In 2006, Virender Sehwag captained India in their inaugural T20I match against South Africa.

MS Dhoni has served as the captain of the Indian team in 72 T20Is, emerging victorious in 41 of them.

Suresh Raina led the Indian team in three T20 International matches, emerging victorious in all three.

Ajinkya Rahane led the team in two T20 International matches.

Virat Kohli led India in 50 T20Is, emerging victorious in 30 of them.

Rohit Sharma is India's most successful T20I captain, having led his team to 50 victories. He guided India to a historic triumph in the T20 World Cup 2024.

Hardik Pandya has led India in 16 T20Is winning 10 of those.

Shikhar Dhawan captained India in three matches, managing to secure victory in only one of them.

KL Rahul led the Indian team in a pivotal match against Afghanistan during the Asia Cup 2022 campaign.

Jasprit Bumrah made his return to the Indian cricket team as captain during the series against Ireland in 2023.

Ruturaj Gaikwad captained the Indian team to a gold medal victory at the 2023 Asian Games.

In late 2023, Suryakumar Yadav captained India during the T20I series against South Africa and Australia.

Shubman Gill's captaincy debut for India got off to a rocky start as the team suffered a surprising loss to Zimbabwe.