New Delhi: Team India is in Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan. The team has to play three ODIs and three T20 matches there (India vs Sri Lanka). The first ODI match is to be held in Colombo on Sunday 18 July. Dhawan will create new history on the tour. He is going to be captain of Team India for the first time. Rahul Dravid has been made the coach of the team for the tour.
Talking about the ODI history of Team India, so far 24 players have captained in ODIs. That is, Shikhar Dhawan will become the 25th player to captain. If Team India captures the series 3-0, then Dhawan will equalize Anil Kumble and Gautam Gambhir. Both have not lost a single ODI match as captain. Gambhir has 6 while Anil Kumble has captained Team India in one ODI.
Captaincy record
Dhoni only captain to win more than 100 ODIs
The record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains intact even today. He is the captain who has won the most matches in ODIs for India. He captained in 200 ODIs. Won 110 while lost in 74. He is the only captain of India to have won more than 100 ODIs. The team has won 90 ODIs under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin, 76 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, 65 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, and 42 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.
Tendulkar and Gavaskar’s record
Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar also captained for Team India in ODIs. But both had a bad record. Both the legendary batsmen got more losses than wins. Sachin was captained in 73 matches. Won 23, while 43 lost. At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar was captained in 37 matches, winning 14. 21 lost. Kapil Dev was captained in 74 matches. 39 won, while 33 lost. Only 8 captains from Team India could touch the double figure in terms of victory.
