ODI Captains is one of the most important elements in a cricket team who can lead from the very front with his exemplifying class and authority in the field and in the dressing room. He is not just a commander of the forces but is also an equally brilliant reader of the game and brings in the utmost wisdom to defy the emergence of the opposition.
We will look at the names that have captained their nations in ODI cricket in the game’s glittering antiquity:
Australia:
1. Bill Lawry (1971)
2. Ian Chappell (1972-75)
3. Greg Chappell (1975-83)
4. Bob Simpson (1978)
5. Graham Wallop (1979)
6. Kim Hughes (1979-84)
7. David Hookes (1983)
8. Allan Border (1985-94)
9. Raymond Bright (1986)
10. Geoff Marsh (1987-91)
11. Mark Taylor (1992-97)
12. Ian Healy (1996-97)
13. Steve Waugh (1997-2002)
14. Shane Warne (1998-99)
15. Adam Gilchrist (2001-2007)
16. Ricky Ponting (2002-12)
17. Michael Hussey (2006-07)
18. Michael Clarke (2008-15)
19. Cameron White (2008-15)
20. Shane Watson (2012-13)
21. George Bailey (2013-15)
22. Steven Smith (2015-18)
23. David Warner (2016)
24. Aaron Finch (2017-20)
25. Tim Paine (2018)
Afghanistan:
1. Nowroz Mangal (2009-12)
2. Karim Sadiq (2012)
3. Mohammad Nabi (2013-15)
4. Asghar Afghan (2015-19)
5. Rashid Khan (2018-2020)
6. Gulbadin (2019)
Bangladesh:
1. Gazi Ashraf (1986-90)
2. Minhajul Abedin (1990)
3. Akram Khan (1995-98)
4. Aminul Islam (1998-2000)
5. Naimuir Rahman (2000-01)
6. Khaled Mashud (2001-06)
7. Khaled Mahmud (2003)
8. Habibul Bashar (2004-07)
9. Rajin Saleh (2004)
10. Mohammad Ashraful (2007-09)
11. Shakib Al Hasan (2009-17)
12. Mashrafe Mortaza (2010-20)
13. Mushfiqur Rahim (2011-14)
14. Tamim Iqbal (2019)
Bermuda:
1. Janeiro Tucker (2006)
2. Irvine Romaine (2006-09)
3. Dwight Basden (2007)
Canada:
1. Bryan Mauricette (1979)
2. Joseph Harris (2003)
3. John Davidson (2006-07)
4. George Codrington (2006)
5. Ashish Bagai (2009-13)
6. Sunil Dhaniram (2007-08)
7. Zubin Surkari (2008)
8. Qaiser Ali (2008)
9. Umar Bhatti (2009)
10. Jimmy Hansra (2011-14)
11. Rizwan Cheema (2013)
East Africa:
1. Harilal Shah
England:
1. Ray Willingworth (1971-73)
2. Brian Close (1972)
3. Michael Denness (1973-75)
4. John Edrich (1975)
5. Alan Knott (1976)
6. Tony Greig (1976)
7. Mike Brearley (1977-80)
8. Geoff Boycott (1977-78)
9. Bob Willis (1978-84)
10. Ian Botham (1980-81)
11. Keith Fletcher (1981-82)
12. David Gower (1984-89)
13. Norman Gifford (1985)
14. Mike Gatting (1986-88)
15. John Emburey (1987)
16. Graham Gooch (1988-93)
17. Allan Lamb (1990)
18. Alec Stewart (1992-03)
19. Mike Atherton (1994-97)
20. Naseer Hussain (1997-03)
21. Adam Hollioake (1997-99)
22. Graham Thorpe (2001)
23. Marcus Trescothick (2001-05)
24. Michael Vaughan (2003-07)
25. Andrew Flintoff (2006-07)
26. Andrew Strauss (2006-11)
27. Paul Collingwood (2007-09)
28. Kevin Pietersen (2008)
29. Alistair Cook (2010-14)
30. Eoin Morgan (2011-20)
31. Stuart Broad (2014)
32. James Taylor (2015)
33. Jos Buttler (2016-19)
Hong Kong:
1. Rahul Sharma (2004)
2. Tabarak Dar (2008)
3. James Atkinson (2014)
4. Tanwir Afzal (2015-16)
5. Babar Hayat (2016-18)
6. Anshuman Rath (2018)
India:
1. Ajit Wadekar (1974)
2. Srinivas Venkataraghavan (1975-79)
3. Bisan Singh Bedi (1976-78)
4. Sunil Gavaskar (1980-85)
5. Gundappa Vishwanath (1981)
6. Kapil Dev (1982-87)
7. Syed Kirmani (1983)
8. Mohinder Amarnath (1984)
9. Ravi Shastri (1987-91)
10. Dilip Vengsarkar (1987-89)
11. Kris Srikkanth (1989)
12. Mohammad Azharuddin (1990-99)
13. Sachin Tendulkar (1996-2000)
14. Ajay Jadeja (1998-99)
15. Saurav Ganguly (1999-05)
16. Rahul Dravid (2000-07)
17. Anil Kumble (2002)
18. Virender Sehwag (2003-12)
19. MS Dhoni (2007-18)
20. Suresh Raina (2010-14)
23. Ajinkya Rahane (2015)
24. Rohit Sharma (2017-2020)
Ireland:
1. Trent Johnson (2006-10)
2. William McCallan (2007-08)
3. William Porterfield (2008-2020)
4. Kevin O’Brien (2010-14)
5. Andy Balbirnie (2020)
Kenya:
1. Maurice Odumbe (1996-01)
2. Asif Karim (1997-99)
3. Steve Tikolo (2001-11)
4. Thomas Odoyo (2002-06)
5. Maurice Ouma (2009-10)
6. James Kamande (2010-11)
7. Collins Obuya (2011-13)
8. Rakeep Patel (2014)
Namibia:
1. Daniel Keulder (2003)
2. Deon Kotze (2003)
3. Gerhard Erasmus (2019-20)
Nepal:
1. Paras Kadka (2018-19)
2. Gyanendra Malla (2020)
Netherlands:
1. Steven Lubbers (1996)
2. Roland Lefebvre (1996-2003)
3. Lucas Van Troost (2003-07)
4. Jeroen Smits (2007-09)
5. Peter Borren (2010-14)
6. Peter Seelar (2018-19)
New Zealand:
1. Bevan Congdon (1973-75)
2. Glenn Turner (1975-76)
3. Mark Burgess (1978-80)
4. Geoff Howarth (1980-85)
5. John Wright (1983-90)
6. Jeremy Coney (1984-87)
7. Jeffrey Crowe (1986-88)
8. Martin Crowe (1990-93)
9. Andrew Jones (1992)
10. Ken Rutherford (1993-95)
11. Gavin Larsen (1994)
12. Lee Germon (1995-97)
13. Stephen Fleming (1997-07)
14. Dion Nash (1999)
15. Craig McMillan (2001-02)
16. Chris Cairns (2002-03)
17. Daniel Vettori (2004-11)
18. Brendon McCullum (2009-16)
19. Ross Taylor (2010-12)
20. Kane Williamson (2012-2020)
21. Kyle Mills (2013)
22. Tom Latham (2017-20)
23. Tim Southee (2018)
Pakistan:
1. Intikhab Alam (1973-74)
2. Asif Iqbal (1975-79)
3. Majid Khan (1975)
4. Mushtaq Mohammad (1976-78)
5. Wasim Bari (1977-78)
6. Javed Miandad (1980-93)
7. Zaheer Abbas (1982-84)
8. Imran Khan (1982-92)
9. Sarfaraz Nawaz (1984)
10. Abdul Qadir (1987-88)
11. Saleem Malik (1992-95)
12. Ramiz Raja (1992-97)
13. Wasim Akram (1993-2000)
14. Waqar Younis (1993-03)
15. Moin Khan (1995-01)
16. Saeed Anwar (1995-2000)
17. Aamir Sohail (1996-98)
18. Rashid Latif (1998-03)
19. Inzamam-Ul-Haq (2002-07)
20. Mohammad Yusuf (2003-07)
21. Younis Khan (2005-09)
22. Abdul Razzaq (2006)
23. Shoaib Malik (2007-19)
24. Misbah-Ul-Haq (2008-15)
25. Shahid Afridi (2009-14)
26. Azhar Ali (2015-17)
27. Sarfaraz Ahmed (2015-19)
28. Mohammad hafeez (2017)
29. Imad Wasim (2019)
30. Babar Azam (2020)
South Africa:
1. Clive Rice (1991)
2. Keppler Wessels (1992-94)
3. Hansi Cronje (1994-2000)
4. Shaun Pollock (2000-05)
5. Graeme Smith (2003-11)
6. Mark Boucher (2003)
7. Nicky Boje (2005)
8. Jacques Kallis (2006-10)
9. Justin Kemp (2007)
10. Johan Botha (2008-10)
11. hashim Amla (2011-15)
12. AB De Villiers (2012-17)
13. Faf du Plessis (2013-19)
14. Aiden Markram (2018)
15. Quinton De Kock (2018-20)
16. JP Duminy (2018)
