The era of Rohit Sharma is officially over now. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has replaced the Hitman as India’s ODI captain with Shubman Gill. The management has decided to build India’s team across all formats on Gill, who is now officially the Test and one-day internationals skipper. He is already the vice-captain in T20 internationals as well.
Gill’s tenure will start with a challenging Australian tour, comprising of 3 ODIs in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. Meanwhile, Rohit continues to be part of the team, as he and Virat Kohli now only play the 50-over format. As for Rohit, he ends with a majestic win percentage of 75%, which is the best by any Indian ODI skipper in history (min. 5 matches). It was under Rohit when India completely changed its approach in white-ball cricket, playing aggressively to dominate. In fact, India 10 of their 11 games at the ODI World Cup 2023 and also went unbeaten at the ODI Champions Trophy 2025.
With an eye at the ODI World Cup 2027, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee has decided to look at the future. By the time the mega tournament arrives, Rohit will be 40. His recent form in Australia was nothing great as well, allowing the selectors to think that it is the right call.
Full list of India’s ODI captains (Men’s)
| Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % | Loss % | NR % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | 2025- | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hardik Pandya | 2023-2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | 33.33 | – |
| KL Rahul | 2022-2023 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | 33.33 | – |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 2021-2022 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 58.33 | 25.00 | 16.66 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2017-2025 | 56 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 75.00 | 21.42 | 1.78 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 2015-2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | – | – |
| Virat Kohli | 2013-2021 | 95 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 68.42 | 28.42 | 2.10 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 2010-2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | – | – |
| Suresh Raina | 2010-2014 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 41.66 | 8.33 |
| MS Dhoni | 2007-2018 | 200 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 55.00 | 37.00 | 5.50 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2003-2012 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 | 41.66 | – |
| Anil Kumble | 2002-2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | – | – |
| Rahul Dravid | 2000-2007 | 79 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 53.16 | 41.77 | 5.06 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1999-2005 | 146 | 76 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 52.05 | 44.52 | 3.42 |
| Ajay Jadeja | 1998-1999 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 | 38.46 | – |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1996-2000 | 73 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 31.50 | 58.90 | 8.21 |
| Azharuddin | 1990-1999 | 174 | 90 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 51.72 | 43.67 | 3.44 |
| K Srikkanth | 1989-1989 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30.76 | 61.53 | 7.69 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987-1989 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | 55.55 | – |
| Ravi Shastri | 1987-1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | 63.63 | – |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 1984-1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 100.00 |
| Syed Kirmani | 1983-1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 100.00 | – |
| Kapil Dev | 1982-1987 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 52.70 | 44.59 | 2.70 |
| G Viswanath | 1981-1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 100.00 | – |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1980-1985 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 37.83 | 56.75 | 5.40 |
| BS Bedi | 1976-1978 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 75.00 | – |
| S Venkataraghavan | 1975-1979 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | 85.71 | – |
| A Wadekar | 1974-1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 100.00 | – |
MS Dhoni has led India the most times in ODI history. He played 200 ODIs as captain and India won in 110 of those matches. Fascinatingly, unlike Rohit, Dhoni managed to take India to a World Cup glory in 2011 and also to a Champions Trophy win in 2013 in England. Among current players, Virat Kohli (95), KL Rahul (12), and Hardik Pandya (3) have also led India in the format.
