<P> The list includes all Indian captains of individual, women's and youth cricket . India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 . On 25 June 1932 it became the sixth Test nation after England, Australia, South Africa, the West Indies and New Zealand when they took on England at Lord's . They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches and drawing twice . Their first game against other opposition came in 1947--48 when they played against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time). </P> <P> Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, it denotes that the player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series . </P> <P> This is the list of the 33 cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match . Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful Indian test captain with 27 wins . </P> <P> The table of results is complete as of 27 January 2018 . </P>

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