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Shubman Gill has been appointed as the new Test captain of the Indian Men's Test Cricket team for the five-Test series starting in England from June 20. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the vice-captain of the team.
Gill will replace Rohit Sharma, who retired from the format in May due to poor form last season, especially in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
Gill's Test career
Gill has played 32 Tests for India so far. He made his Test debut in the MCG Test on India's 2020-21 Australia tour. He has so far scored 1893 runs at an average of 35.05. There is a big difference between his average at home (42.03) and outside (27.53). The upcoming series will be Gill's first full tour.
He has also played two WTC Finals there in 2021 and 2023, and also played the fifth Test on the 2021 tour after it was postponed due to COVID-19.
India will start WTC 2025-27 cycle with five-Test series
India will start the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a five-Test series against England. They are scheduled to play the first Test at Headingley (from June 20), the second Test at Edgbaston (from July 2), the third Test at Lord's (from July 10), the fourth Test at Old Trafford (from July 23) and the final Test at The Oval (from July 31).
Every Captain of Indian Men's Test Cricket Team
Since their first Test in 1932, India have witnessed 36 Test captains across 589 matches. CK Nayudu led India in their maiden Test match in 1932 against England. However, it was only 20 years later that India tasted their first Test victory under the captaincy of Vijay Hazare against England on February 10, 1952 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Only five Indian captains – Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – have managed to notch up at least 10 Test victories. Kohli remains as India’s most successful Test captain, winning 40 of the 68 Tests he led in with a 58.82 success rate. Leading in 60 games between 2008-14, Dhoni is the second-most successful Test skipper for the country, winning 27 matches.
| No. | Captain | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn/Tied | Win % |
| 1 | C. K. Nayudu | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Lala Amarnath | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13.33 |
| 5 | Vijay Hazare | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7.14 |
| 6 | Vinoo Mankad | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Polly Umrigar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Hemu Adhikari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Datta Gaekwad | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Pankaj Roy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Gulabrai Ramchand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Nari Contractor | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16.67 |
| 14 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 22.5 |
| 15 | Chandu Borde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ajit Wadekar | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 17 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Sunil Gavaskar | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 19.14 |
| 19 | Bishan Singh Bedi | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27.27 |
| 20 | Gundappa Viswanath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Kapil Dev | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 11.76 |
| 22 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 23 | Ravi Shastri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 24 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 29.79 |
| 26 | Sachin Tendulkar | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
| 27 | Sourav Ganguly | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 42.86 |
| 28 | Rahul Dravid | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 29 | Virender Sehwag | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 30 | Anil Kumble | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.42 |
| 31 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 60 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 45 |
| 32 | Virat Kohli | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 58.82 |
| 33 | Ajinkya Rahane | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 |
| 34 | KL Rahul | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| 35 | Rohit Sharma | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 50 |
| 36 | Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 37 | Shubman Gill | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |