Indian Test Captains Quiz
On this day in 1962, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi made his Test captaincy debut at the age of 21 years and 77 days. Here's a quiz to test your knowledge about India's Test captains.
India's first Test win came against England in February 1952. Who captained India in that match?
Under the captaincy of Vijay Hazare, India defeated England by an innings and 8 runs in Chennai (then known as Madras).
Lala Amarnath
Vijay Hazare
Vinoo Mankad
Polly Umrigar
Under whose captaincy has India won the most Test matches?
India have won 33 Tests under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. MS Dhoni is second with 27 wins as Test captain.
Mohammad Azharuddin
MS Dhoni
Sourav Ganguly
Virat Kohli
Among the following names, who hasn't captained India in a Test match?
VVS Laxman played 134 Tests for India but not one as captain.
VVS Laxman
Ajinkya Rahane
Virender Sehwag
Ravi Shastri
Who was India's captain during the famous tied Test against Australia in 1986?
There have been only two tied Tests in the history of cricket. The first one occurred in 1960 in a Test between Australia and West Indies in Brisbane.
Kapil Dev
Sunil Gavaskar
Ravi Shastri
Kris Srikkanth
Who were India's opponents in Sachin Tendulkar's first Test as captain in 1996?
Sachin Tendulkar captained India in 25 Tests, the first of which was against Australia in Delhi in 1996. India won that match by 7 wickets.
Australia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
Who has captained India in the most number of matches in women's Tests?
Shanta Rangaswamy captained India in 12 Tests between 1976 and 1984. Mithali Raj is second, having played six Tests as captain.
Anjum Chopra
Diana Edulji
Mithali Raj
Shanta Rangaswamy
Only one batsman has scored more centuries as captain than Virat Kohli (20) in Tests. Who is he?
Graeme Smith notched up 25 centuries while captaining the South African Test team.
Allan Border
Don Bradman
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Smith
Who has taken the most Test wickets for India while playing as a captain?
Kapil Dev (111) and Bishan Singh Bedi (106) are the only two bowlers to have taken 100+ wickets while captaining the Indian Test team.
Bishan Singh Bedi
Kapil Dev
Anil Kumble
Vinoo Mankad
In men's Tests outside Asia, only under one captain have India won more matches than they've lost. Who is that captain?
Rahul Dravid captained India in 10 Tests outside Asia, out of which they won three and lost two. Dravid led India to famous Test series wins in West Indies and England.
Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly
Virat Kohli
Ajit Wadekar
Who was the first Indian batsman to score a Test double hundred as captain?
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi became the first Indian captain to score a Test double century during his unbeaten 203 against England in Delhi in 1964.
MS Dhoni
Sunil Gavaskar
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Sachin Tendulkar
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