500th Test | India's Test history, Dada vs MSD, and numbers you might not know

India have had 32 Test Captains so far. 

• CK Nayudu
• Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
• Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
• Lala Amarnath
• Vijay Hazare
• Vinoo Mankad
• Ghulam Ahmed
• Polly Umrigar
• Hemu Adhikari
• Datta Gaekwad
• Pankaj Roy
• Gulabrai Ramchand
• Nari Contractor
• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
• Chandu Borde
• Ajit Wadekar
• Srinivas Venkataraghavan
• Sunil Gavaskar
• Bishen Singh Bedi
• Gundappa Viswanath
• Kapil Dev
• Dilip Vengsarkar
• Ravi Shastri
• Krishnamachari Srikkanth
• Mohammad Azharuddin
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Sourav Ganguly
• Rahul Dravid
• Virender Sehwag
• Anil Kumble
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Virat Kohli

Most Matches as a Captain - 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 60

Sourav Ganguly - 49

Mohammed Azharuddin - 47

Sunil Gavaskar - 47

Nawab of Pataudi Jr. - 40

Most Wins as a Captain - 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 27

Sourav Ganguly - 21

Mohammed Azharuddin - 14

Sunil Gavaskar - 9

Nawab of Pataudi Jr. - 9

Most Losses as a Captain -

Nawab of Pataudi Jr. - 19

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 18

Mohammed Azharuddin - 14

Sourav Ganguly - 13

Bishan Singh Bedi - 11

India's milestone wins ( Captain vs Opponent (Place) )

1st : Vijay Hazare vs England (CHEPAUK)

25th : Bishan Singh Bedi vs NZ (CHEPAUK)

50th : Mohammed Azharuddin vs SL (LUCKNOW)

75th : Sourav Ganguly vs AUS (ADELAIDE)

100th : Mahendra Singh Dhoni vs SL (KANPUR)

125th : Virat Kohli vs RSA (MOHALI)

India's milestone matches ( Captain vs Opponent )

1st: C.K. Nayudu vs England (1932)

50th: Poly Umrigar vs Australia (1956)

100th: Nawab of Patudi Jr. vs England (1967)

150th: Bishen Bedi vs England (1977)

200th: Sunil Gavaskar vs Pakistan (1982)

250th: Ravi Shastri vs West Indies (1988)

300th: Sachin Tendulkar vs South Africa (1996)

350th: Sourav Ganguly vs Zimbabwe (2002)

400th: Rahul Dravid vs Pakistan (2006)

450th: MS Dhoni vs West Indies (2011)

500th: Virat Kohli vs New Zealand (2016)

Other famous milestones -

India's First Test loss was under CK Nayudu vs England at Lords.

India took 24 matches before they registered their first win in 1952 at the Chepauk.

Most Overseaswins as a Captain - Sourav Ganguly (11)

Oldest to captain India - Vinoo Mankad 41y 289d (India vs West Indies , Chennai 21 January 1959)

Youngest to captain India - Nawab of Pataudi Jr. 21y 77d  (India vs West Indies , Bridgetown 23 March 1962)

Iftikhar Ali Khan is the only player to play for England and India in Tests. He captained India in the 3 Tests he played. 

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi led India to its first overseas Test victory and first overseas series victory – against New Zealand in 1967/68 season