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Most matches as captain
Player Span Mat Won Lost Tied Draw W/L %W %L
Nawab of Pataudi (India) 1962-1969 36 7 17 0 12 0.41 19.44 47.22
ER Dexter (Eng) 1961-1964 30 9 7 0 14 1.28 30.00 23.33
RB Simpson (Aus) 1964-1968 29 8 7 0 14 1.14 27.58 24.13
GS Sobers (WI) 1965-1969 29 9 9 0 11 1.00 31.03 31.03
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 1960-1969 25 6 4 0 15 1.50 24.00 16.00
MJK Smith (Eng) 1964-1966 25 5 3 0 17 1.66 20.00 12.00
JR Reid (NZ) 1961-1965 24 2 11 0 11 0.18 8.33 45.83
R Benaud (Aus) 1960-1963 18 5 3 1 9 1.66 27.77 16.66
WM Lawry (Aus) 1968-1969 16 9 3 0 4 3.00 56.25 18.75
GT Dowling (NZ) 1968-1969 15 4 6 0 5 0.66 26.66 40.00
FMM Worrell (WI) 1960-1963 15 9 3 1 2 3.00 60.00 20.00
TL Goddard (SA) 1963-1965 13 1 2 0 10 0.50 7.69 15.38
NJ Contractor (India) 1960-1962 12 2 2 0 8 1.00 16.66 16.66
Hanif Mohammad (Pak) 1964-1967 11 2 2 0 7 1.00 18.18 18.18
DJ McGlew (SA) 1960-1962 10 2 5 0 3 0.40 20.00 50.00
PL van der Merwe (SA) 1965-1967 8 4 1 0 3 4.00 50.00 12.50
DB Close (Eng) 1966-1967 7 6 0 0 1 - 85.71 0.00
R Illingworth (Eng) 1969-1969 6 4 0 0 2 - 66.66 0.00
PBH May (Eng) 1960-1961 6 2 1 0 3 2.00 33.33 16.66
FCM Alexander (WI) 1960-1960 5 0 1 0 4 0.00 0.00 20.00
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1960-1961 5 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 0.00
Javed Burki (Pak) 1962-1962 5 0 4 0 1 0.00 0.00 80.00
Imtiaz Ahmed (Pak) 1961-1962 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 0.00 33.33
Intikhab Alam (Pak) 1969-1969 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 0.00 33.33
GS Ramchand (India) 1960-1960 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 0.00 33.33
Saeed Ahmed (Pak) 1969-1969 3 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BW Sinclair (NZ) 1966-1968 3 0 1 0 2 0.00 0.00 33.33
BC Booth (Aus) 1965-1966 2 0 1 0 1 0.00 0.00 50.00
CG Borde (India) 1967-1967 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 100.00
ME Chapple (NZ) 1966-1966 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
TW Graveney (Eng) 1968-1968 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00
RN Harvey (Aus) 1961-1961 1 1 0 0 0 - 100.00 0.00
BN Jarman (Aus) 1968-1968 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00

Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v Australia at Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]
India v Australia at Kolkata, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]
India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]
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