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[5] [6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams. On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's . [ 7 ]
Rohit Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer and the captain of national cricket team in Test and ODI formats. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batters of all time. [3] He is also known for hitting sixes. He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League and for Mumbai in domestic ...
Lala Amarnath, India's fourth captain of the men's cricket team and the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket while playing for India, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence. He also captained the side to its first Test victory and first series win, both in a three-match series at home against Pakistan in 1952 ...
Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains, he represented the Indian cricket team and was the captain of the side in limited overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Dhoni has captained the most international matches and is the most successful Indian captain.
Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) [b] is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the national team and is a former captain in all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right arm medium pace bowler. He is called the King and the Chase Master for his playing style, skill and records. [5]
Mohammad Azharuddin (born 8 February 1963) is an Indian politician and a former cricketer who also served as the Indian national cricket team's captain. He was a right-handed middle order batter and an occasional medium fast bowler.
Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. Tendulkar became captain in 1996, but by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Discussing Tendulkar's first term as captain, Azharuddin was credited with saying, "He won't win! It's not in the small one's destiny!" (Hindi: "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main ...
Venkataraghavan captained the Indian test side in the second test against West Indies in December 1974. [10] He made his ODI debut in the first match of the Indian tour of England in July 1974 at Leeds. [11] Venkataraghavan was the captain of the Indian team that appeared in the first Cricket World Cup in 1975 in England. [12]