Hyderabad, India: India and Australia have played 20 Test series since 1948. Despite facing a weak or strong Indian team in different era, almost all Australian captain except Hughes has performed well. Ponting, after 2010 series, will equal the Australian record of captaining in maximum 11 tests. But, the record for his 9 tests as captain make him the Worst AUstralian captain against India. Ponting has won 2 and lost 4 tests.
Squads
Fixture
Ind Vs Aus Test Records
Indian Captains Record
Pataudi has captained the most, Kapil never lost. Gavaskar has been the most successful, while Lala Amarnath was the worst captain against Australia.
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Pataudi 11 matches 2 won 7 lost 2 draw
Ganguly 9 matches 3 won 3 lost 3 drawn
Gavaskar 9 matches 3 won 1 lost 6 drawn
Azharuddin 8 matches 2 won 5 lost 1 draw
Kapil Dev 6 matches 1 ties, 5 draw
Kumble 6 matches 1 won 2 draw 3 draw
Lala Amarnath 5 matches 4 lost 1 draw
Bishan Bedi 5 matches 2 won 3 lost
Ramchand 5 matches 1 won 2 lost 2 draw
Tendulkar 4 matches 1 won 3 lost
Umrigar 3 matches 2 lost
Dhoni 2 matches 2 won
Dravid 2 matches 1 won 1 draw
Borde 1 match 1 lost
Australian Captain Record
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Border 11 matches 3 won 1 tied 6 draw
Simpson 10 matches 6 won 3 lost 1 draw
Steve Waugh 10 matches 5 won 3 lost 2 draw
Ponting 9 matches 2 won 4 lost 3 draw
Lawry 7 matches 5 won 1 lost 1 draw
Hughes 6 matches 2 lost 4 draw
Benaud 5 matches 2 won 1 lost 2 draw
Bradman 5 matches 4 won 1 draw
Mark Taylor 4 matches 1 won 3 lost
Greg Chappel 3 matches 1 won, 1 lost, 1 draw
Gilchrist 3 matches 2 won 1 draw
IWG Johnson 2 matches 2 won
Lindwall 1 match 1 draw
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