India will begin their road to the 2027 ODI World Cup in Australia with a new captain in Shubman Gill at the helm, as he takes over from Rohit Sharma ahead of the three-match series, starting later this month.
The 26-year-old Gill is all set to become the 28th ODI captain for the Men in Blue in history, spanning over a 1000 games and 51 years. Gill’s appointment marks the end of a four-year full-time reign for Rohit as captain, during which he led India to the 2023 ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy crown after 12 years earlier in 2025.
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Rohit remains as one of seven Indian men to captain in at least 50 ODIs, with his 75% win percentage ranking the best among the club of elite leaders. Rohit was integral to India’s Champions Trophy win in Dubai earlier this year, scoring a match-winning 76 in the final against New Zealand.
Meanwhile, Gill’s rapid ascent to the top has been regarded as inevitable with his supreme one-day record. Gill has played 55 ODI and scored 2775 runs at an average of 59.04 with eight centuries, including a 208 against New Zealand in Hyderabad in 2023. Soon-to-be 37, Virat Kohli remains as the highest active ODI run-scorer with 14,181 at 57.88 and a record 51 hundreds. Meanwhile, Rohit follows at second on the circuit with 11,168 runs, averaging 48.76 with 32 centuries.
| No. | Name | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Win % |
| 1 | Ajit Wadekar | 1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | S Venkataraghavan | 1975–79 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14.28 |
| 3 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975–78 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | Sunil Gavaskar | 1980–85 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 37.83 |
| 5 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Kapil Dev | 1982–92 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 52.7 |
| 7 | Syed Kirmani | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Mohinder Amarnath | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ravi Shastri | 1986–91 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.36 |
| 10 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987–88 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44.44 |
| 11 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 30.76 |
| 12 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989–99 | 174 | 90 | 76 | 51.72 |
| 13 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1996–99 | 73 | 23 | 43 | 31.5 |
| 14 | Ajay Jadeja | 1998–99 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 61.53 |
| 15 | Sourav Ganguly | 1999–2005 | 146 | 76 | 65 | 52.05 |
| 16 | Rahul Dravid | 2000–07 | 79 | 42 | 33 | 53.16 |
| 17 | Anil Kumble | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 18 | Virender Sehwag | 2003–2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.33 |
| 19 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007–18 | 200 | 110 | 74 | 55 |
| 20 | Suresh Raina | 2010-2014 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 50.5 |
| 21 | Gautam Gambhir | 2010–11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | Virat Kohli | 2013–21 | 95 | 65 | 27 | 68.42 |
| 23 | Ajinkya Rahane | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| 24 | Rohit Sharma | 2017–2025 | 56 | 42 | 12 | 75 |
| 25 | Shikhar Dhawan | 2021–22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 58.33 |
| 26 | KL Rahul | 2022–23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 66.67 |
| 27 | Hardik Pandya | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | Shubman Gill | 2025 |
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