The Indian cricket team will look to clinch their third Test series down under in a much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The five-match Test series will kickstart in Perth on November 22. India last lost a Test series against Australia in 2014-15. After that, the Men in Blue have come out victorious in every red-ball cricket series against the Aussies, including the two Test series wins down under in 2018-19 and 2020-21 respectively.
After Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, the current skipper Rohit Sharma will be looking to become the third Indian captain to win a Test series down under. However, there are also other Indian captains who have registered famous Test wins in Australia. In the following listicle, we will have a look at the five Indian captains with the best win percentage in Test match down under.
Indian captains with best winning percentage in Test match down under
5. Sourav Ganguly
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly led India to a Test series draw in Australia in BGT 2003-04. In his captaincy, India registered a famous six-wicket win in Adelaide Test in December 2003. This was India’s only Test win out of four Test matches in Australia under Ganguly’s captaincy. The former skipper has a winning percentage of 25% in Test matches down under.
