Top 5 Players with most matches as captain in cricket.

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#2 Ricky Ponting (324 Matches) (Australia)

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Ricky Ponting has won two World Cups as captain

Ponting captained Australia in 324 matches winning 220 of them and losing only 77. He tied 2 matches and drew in 13. His captaincy numbers are crazy good and by far the best, he has a win record of 67.90% and a win to loss ratio(W/L) of 2.85. Ricky Ponting is the greatest Australian captain and arguably the greatest captain in the history of cricket. Ponting led Australia to 26 undefeated games in world cup. What makes him a special captain is not only that he has an astonishing unbelievable record but that he is one of the best batsmen to have played the game. He is the 3rd highest run scorer in the history of cricket.

As per statistics, there is no better captain than Ricky Ponting in the history of cricket.

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