Kapil Dev: A shocking decision was taken suddenly before the 1983 World Cup, when Gavaskar was made captain again. The decision taken just 6 months before the World Cup was shocking, although the team captaincy was again given to Kipal Dev in the World Cup. After this, Gavaskar was then captained, after a 5-0 defeat on the England tour of 1984-85, Gavaskar said that captaincy has become a burden for me and left it. After this, Kapil Dev was then handed over the captaincy.
Mohammad Azharuddin: Azharuddin is one of the good captains of India, not only did he not only lose his hand from the team captaincy after the name of match fixing, but was also expelled from the team. He was banned in 2000, he could not play life for a lifetime, but later the court lifted this ban. However, by then it was too late and his cricket career was over.
Sourav Ganguly: The name of Sourav Ganguly is taken at the top as the captain who has the passion to fight on foreign soil in the team. Cricket lovers believe that the insistence on winning in India today, it was actually started by Ganguly. In 2005, Ganguly was accused of factionalism after a dispute with coach Greg Chappell. After the Zimbave tour, Sourav was removed and Rahul Dravid was given the captaincy in his place. Ganguly returned to the team in 2006, but was not made the captain. Ganguly had said in one of his old interviews that captaincy snatching gives pain, but it teaches cricket, should never give up.
Rahul Dravid: After Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid was given the captaincy, but this wall of India could not do anything special under captaincy. After a flop performance at the 2007 World Cup, Rahul Dravid himself announced to withdraw from the captaincy, although it was claimed that he had taken the decision under pressure from the board and the selectors. After this, Dhoni was made the captain.
Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli was given the captaincy of the Test in 2014-15, with 40 of the 68 matches, his win rate was 58.82%. In 2021, Kohli left the captaincy of T20, Kohli argued that the workload is more on him. After this, on 2021 December, the ODI captaincy was taken away from him. Rohit Sharma was commanded. Kohli had said that the BCCI did not ask me. He also gave up the captaincy of the Test after a 2–1 defeat in South Africa in 2022.
Rohit Sharma is one of India’s most successful ODI captains, since December 2021, he has captained the team in 56 ODIs, out of which the Indian team has won 42. According to a report by ISPN Cricinfo, India won the 2023 Asia Cup under Rohit’s captaincy, won the Champions Trophy in 2025 and reached the final in the 2023 World Cup. However, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar decided to make Gill the captain.
He called it a generation shift. Actually Rohit Sharma has been 38 years old. The next World Cup is in 2027, so by that time, Rohit Sharma will be aged for about 40 years. If the captain is replaced before the World Cup, then there may be a lack of experience in the World Cup. In such a situation, Gill was given the command so that he could get more time. Agarkar said that Rohit will remain in the team and will prepare Gill.