Important Statistics

• M.S. Dhoni - The first Indian captain to whitewash Australia in a series with more than 3 tests and it happened after 43 years.

• Hazare led India to its first Test victory – against England in 1951/52 season.^[5]

• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi led India to its first overseas Test victory and first overseas series victory – against New Zealand in 1967/68 season.^[6][7]

• Gavaskar has scored 3449 runs – the highest by any Indian while acting as captain. He also holds the record for the highest number of centuries while playing as captain (11).

• Kapil Dev has 111 wickets in 34 matches as India's captain