India T20 captain list: Full list of India captains in T20Is

Dixit Bhargav | 09/06/2022
India T20 captain list: Full list of India captains in T20Is

Full India T20 captain list: India will be led by their eighth T20I captain at the Feroz Shah Kotla tonight.

Three short of playing 100 international matches for India across formats, wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the captain for the first time in international cricket.

In what is more of a temporary leadership change due to a right groin injury to KL Rahul, Pant will become India’s second-youngest captain in T20Is and fourth-youngest overall.

Pant, who will be the 42nd cricketer to lead India in any format, will be their eighth T20I captain. Additionally, the 24-year old player will join an elite list of wicket-keeper batters already comprising of Syed Kirmani (1), (current head coach) Rahul Dravid (5) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (332) to lead India.

Pant, who was identified as part of the leadership group alongside Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah by regular captain Rohit Sharma lately, will lead at the highest level on the back of leading Delhi in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Talking about Delhi’s domestic team, Pant will be India’s fourth T20I captain from the state after Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.

In two IPL seasons as captain, Pant has led Capitals to 16 wins, 13 losses and a tie. Table-toppers under Pant in IPL 2021, DC had failed to qualify for the final after losing second Qualifier to Kolkata Knight Riders last season. In the recently concluded 15th season of the IPL, Delhi lost their last league match to Mumbai Indians in order to affect their chances of qualifying for the playoffs.

India T20 captain list (updated)

 

Player Span Matches Won Lost Win %
Virender Sehwag 2006-2006 1 1 0 100
MS Dhoni 2007-2016 72 41 28 59.28
Suresh Raina 2010-2011 3 3 0 100
Ajinkya Rahane 2015-2015 2 1 1 50
Virat Kohli 2017-2021 50 30 16 64.58
Rohit Sharma 2017-present 28 24 4 85.71
Shikhar Dhawan 2021-2021 3 1 2 33.33
Rishabh Pant 2022-present 5 2 2 50
Hardik Pandya 2022-present 1 1 0 100
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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