Most Matches as Captain in World Cup
Updated: Sat, Jan 10 2015 00:05 IST
Ricky Ponting of Australia played most matches as the captain in World Cup. He is also the most successful captain in terms of winning percentage. He played 29 matches as a captain and won 92.85% matches. Australia won 2 world cup titles under his captainship.
Top ten captains (in terms of number of matches) complete list in world cup is as follows:
| Most Matches as Captain in World Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Team | Matches | Win | Loss | Tied | NR | % |
| Ricky Ponting (2003-11) | AUS | 29 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92.85 |
| SP Fleming (1999-2007) | NZ | 27 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 61.53 |
| M Azharuddin (1992-99) | IND | 23 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 45.45 |
| Imran Khan (1983-92) | PAK | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63.63 |
| CH Lloyd (1975-83) | WI | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.23 |
| GC Smith (2007-11) | SA | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 64.70 |
| AR Border (1987-92) | AUS | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68.75 |
| WJ Cronje (1996-99) | SA | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76.66 |
| Kapil Dev (1983-87) | IND | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Wasim Akram (1996-99) | PAK | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |