5 Indian Test Captains with the highest win percentage

India's most successful Test captains
India's most successful Test captains

#3 Sourav Ganguly (42.85%)

Sourav Ganguly is currently a cricket expert
Sourav Ganguly is currently a cricket expert

Known as Dada, Sourav Chandidas Ganguly played his debut Test on 20 June 1996 against England. Ganguly scored 7212 runs in his 113 matches and had a top score of 239 runs. In his entire Test career, Dada scored 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries at an average of 42.17 runs.

Succeeding Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly first captained the Indian team in the year 2000 and held on to the reins until 2006. Dada captained the Indian team in 49 matches which included 21 wins and 13 losses with a win percentage of 42.85.

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