Sourav Ganguly became the most successful captain in the history of Indian Test cricket following victory in the Rawalpindi Test on Friday.

It was Ganguly's 15th Test win as India captain, one more than Mohammad Azharuddin's tally of 14. The remarkable aspect about Ganguly's record is that he needed nine Tests less than Azharuddin to overhaul the record.

Interestingly, Azharuddin won only one Test outside India, while Ganguly won as many as seven, easily the maximum by an India captain. No other Indian captain has won more than three Tests on foreign soil.

Most Successful Indian Captains:
(Min. Qualification : One Test Win)

Captain	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Winning %
SC Ganguly	38	15	11	12	0	39.47
M Azharuddin	47	14	14	19	0	29.79
SM Gavaskar	47	9	8	30	0	19.15
Nawab of Pataudi jr	40	9	19	12	0	22.50
BS Bedi	22	6	11	5	0	27.27
Kapil Dev	34	4	7	22	1	11.76
SR Tendulkar	25	4	9	12	0	16.00
AL Wadekar	16	4	4	8	0	25.00
L Amarnath	15	2	6	7	0	13.33
NJ Contractor	12	2	2	8	0	16.67
PR Umrigar	8	2	2	4	0	25.00
DB Vengsarkar	10	2	5	3	0	20.00
R Dravid	3	1	1	1	0	33.33
VS Hazare	14	1	5	8	0	7.14
GS Ramchand	5	1	2	2	0	20.00
RJ Shastri	1	1	0	0	0	100.00

Most Successful Indian Captains on foreign soil:
(Min. Qualification : One Test Win)

Captain	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Winning %
SC Ganguly	24	7	10	7	0	29.16
BS Bedi	14	3	8	3	0	21.43
Nawab of Pataudi jr	13	3	10	0	0	23.08
SM Gavaskar	18	2	6	10	0	11.11
Kapil Dev	14	2	3	9	0	14.29
AL Wadekar	11	2	3	6	0	18.18
M Azharuddin	27	1	10	16	0	3.70
R Dravid	2	1	1	0	0	50.00