There are many sports played in the world. All the sports played by a bunch of people so to control all the bunch of people, there is a man whom we called captain or leader. Captains play a very important role in the team. Sometimes a bunch of people started spreading so to gather all these bunches of people together, the captain played a big role. If a team has to win a match so the captain needs to be motivated and helpful towards other players. When a team won the match, people started giving credit to the whole team but when a team loses, people started pointing out to the captain. So today we will see the Top 10 Successful cricket captains of All-time whose captaincy made us their fan.
10. Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan player. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was the successful captain of the Sri Lankan team. Arjuna did very good captaincy of the Sri Lankan team and also helped the Sri Lanka team to win the 1996 world cup. In 1988, he got captaincy of the Sri Lankan team and he continued doing it for 9 to 10 years. He did captaincy in a total of 294 matches, where the team won 101 matches, lost 114 matches and 26 matches drawn.
9. Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayewardene is a former Sri Lankan player. He was a Right-handed batsman. He was a captain of the Sri Lankan team. Jayawardene got captaincy of the Sri Lankan team in 2006. He is the only captain to score the highest individual scores by a player. He did captaincy in a total of 186 matches, where the team won 101 matches, lost 67 matches and 10 matches drawn.
8. Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin is a former Indian player. He was a Right-handed batsman. His main role was to give winning knocks with batting. He also did captaincy of the Indian cricket team in Test and ODI. He got captaincy in 1990 till 1999. In 2000, he got a ban for doing match-fixing. Azharuddin did captaincy in a total of 221 matches, where the team won 104 matches, lose 90 matches and 21 matches draw.
7. Steve Waugh
Steve Waugh is a former Australian player. He represents Australia in tests and ODI. He was a Right-handed batsman and medium-fast bowler. Waugh was captain of the Australian cricket team Between 1990 to 1999. He was the greatest captain of the Australia team. He did captaincy in a total of 163 matches, where the team won 108 matches, lose 44 matches and 10 matches draw.
6. Hansie Cronje
Hansie Cronje was a former South African player. He was a Right-handed batsman and medium-fast bowler. His role was as an all-rounder in the team. In 1997, he become a captain of the South Africa team. Sadly, he is not with us but he gave many winning moments to the team. He did captaincy in a total of 191 matches, where the team won 126 matches, lost 46 matches, 16 matches drawn. So he comes on the list of Top 10 Successful cricket captain of all time.
5. Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev is a former Indian player. He was a Right-handed batsman and fast bowler. He also comes in the greatest captains list. Kapil Dev got captaincy of India in 1982 against Sri Lanka. He was a fearless captain. Kapil dev also gave the world cup of 1983 to the Indian cricket team. In 1983, when all Indian people lost their hope of winning the world cup then Kapil dev did magic and India won the 1983 world cup. he did captaincy in a total of 74 matches and his winning percentage was 54.16. So this makes him in the list of Top 10 successful captains of all time.
4. Stephen Fleming
Stephen Fleming is a former New Zealand player. He represents New Zealand in all forms of cricket. Stephen was a Right-handed batsman. He was the captain of the New Zealand team and now he is a coach of the IPL team CSK. Shane Warne praises his captaincy so you can imagine how good he was. He did captaincy in a total of 303 matches, where the team won 128 matches, lose 135 matches, and 26 draws.
3. Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith is a former South African player. He was a left-handed batsman and off-break spin bowler. He was also the captain of South Africa. In 2003, he got the chance to captain the South Africa cricket team. He is the youngest captain of all time in cricket history. He did captaincy in 286 matches, where the team won 163 matches, lost 89 matches, and 28 draws.
2. MS Dhoni
Ms. Dhoni is a former Indian player. He played all forms of cricket for the Indian cricket team. He also did captaincy of the Indian cricket team in all formats. India won many cups under his captaincy like the 2007 T20 world. 2011 world cup, 2013 ICC champion trophy, and many more. He was a Right-batsman and wicketkeeper. In the 2011 world cup, Sachin praised Dhoni for his captaincy. He breaks many captaincy records. In 2013, he become the most successful test captain. Dhoni did captaincy in a total of 324 matches, where the team won 220 matches, lost 77 matches, and 15 draws. So all these captaincy records give him 2 positions in the list of the top 10 successful cricket captains of all time.
1. Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is a former Australian player. He was a right-handed batsman. Ponting is a successful cricket captain of all time. He got captaincy of Australia in 2002 till 2012. He gave many winning knocks to the Australian cricket team by his captaincy and batting. Australia also won the 2003 and 2007 world cup under his captaincy. There are only 2 players who won 2 world cup as captain. He did captaincy in a total of 324 matches, where the team won 220 matches, lost 77 matches and 15 matches drawn. He is one of the successful captains of the Australia cricket team. So, he comes on number 1 in the list of top 10 successful cricket captains of all time.