Sourav Ganguly became the most successful captain in the history of Indian Test cricket following victory in the Rawalpindi Test on Friday.
It was Ganguly's 15th Test win as India captain, one more than Mohammad Azharuddin's tally of 14. The remarkable aspect about Ganguly's record is that he needed nine Tests less than Azharuddin to overhaul the record.
Interestingly, Azharuddin won only one Test outside India, while Ganguly won as many as seven, easily the maximum by an India captain. No other Indian captain has won more than three Tests on foreign soil.
Most Successful Indian Captains:
(Min. Qualification : One Test Win)
| Captain | Tests | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | Winning % |
| SC Ganguly | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 39.47 |
| M Azharuddin | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 29.79 |
| SM Gavaskar | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 19.15 |
| Nawab of Pataudi jr | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 22.50 |
| BS Bedi | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 27.27 |
| 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 |
| R Dravid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| VS Hazare | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7.14 |
| GS Ramchand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20.00 |
| RJ Shastri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Most Successful Indian Captains on foreign soil:
(Min. Qualification : One Test Win)
| Captain | Tests | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | Winning % |
| SC Ganguly | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 29.16 |
| BS Bedi | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Nawab of Pataudi jr | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 |
| SM Gavaskar | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Kapil Dev | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14.29 |
| AL Wadekar | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18.18 |
| M Azharuddin | 27 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3.70 |
| R Dravid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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