Hardik Pandya has captained India in 16 T20Is and three ODIs, and has led in 70 Indian T20 League matches: two seasons with Gujarat, who won the title in their first year, and three with Mumbai. Here is his full captaincy record. All figures are from ESPNcricinfo, to 12 October 2026.
Hardik Pandya captaincy record at a glance
| Format | Span | M | W | L | T/NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is (India) | 2022-2023 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1/0 |
| ODIs (India) | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 |
| Indian T20 League | 2022-2026 | 70 | 37 | 33 | 0/0 |
Across T20Is and the Indian T20 League together, that is 86 matches as captain: 47 wins, 38 losses and one tie. He has not captained India in a Test.
Hardik Pandya captaincy record for India
Hardik made his captaincy debut in a two-match T20I series in Ireland in June 2022. India won the first game by seven wickets and the second by four runs to take the series 2-0.
He led India regularly in T20Is after the 2022 T20 World Cup and finished with 16 matches between 2022 and 2023: 10 wins, five defeats and one tie. He also captained India in three ODIs in 2023, winning two. He has not captained India since 2023.
When Rohit Sharma retired from T20Is after the 2024 T20 World Cup, the T20I captaincy went to Suryakumar Yadav. Among the six men who have led India in at least 15 T20Is, Hardik has the fewest matches but the third-best win percentage.
India T20I captains with 15 or more matches
| Captain | Span | M | W | L | T/NR | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Dhoni | 2007-2016 | 72 | 41 | 28 | 1/2 | 59.28 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2017-2024 | 62 | 49 | 12 | 1/0 | 79.83 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 2023-2026 | 52 | 40 | 8 | 2/2 | 82.00 |
| Virat Kohli | 2017-2021 | 50 | 30 | 16 | 2/2 | 64.58 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 2026 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0/1 | 61.11 |
| Hardik Pandya | 2022-2023 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1/0 | 65.62 |
Win % is ESPNcricinfo’s: a tie counts as half a win and no-results are left out. On that basis Hardik’s 10 wins and one tie from 16 games give 65.62%.
Hardik Pandya captaincy record in the Indian T20 League
| Season | Team | M | W | L | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gujarat | 15 | 11 | 4 | Champions |
| 2023 | Gujarat | 16 | 11 | 5 | Runners-up |
| 2024 | Mumbai | 14 | 4 | 10 | League stage |
| 2025 | Mumbai | 15 | 9 | 6 | Qualifier 2 |
| 2026 | Mumbai | 10 | 2 | 8 | League stage |
| Total | Gujarat 31, Mumbai 39 | 70 | 37 | 33 |
Matches are those Hardik captained, so they do not always match his team’s season total.
Gujarat, 2022-2023: a title in the first season
Gujarat made Hardik captain when they joined the league in 2022, and he led them to the title at the first attempt, beating Rajasthan by seven wickets in the final in Ahmedabad. They were the first side since Shane Warne’s Rajasthan in 2008 to win the trophy in their debut season.
In 2023 he took Gujarat to a second straight final, which they lost to MS Dhoni’s Chennai by five wickets (DLS method). Over the two seasons he captained 31 matches, won 22 and lost nine. Rashid Khan stood in once in each season.
Mumbai, 2024-2026
Hardik moved back to Mumbai ahead of the 2024 season and replaced Rohit Sharma as captain. The change was unpopular with many fans, and he was booed at several grounds early in the season. Mumbai won four of their 14 games and missed the playoffs.
2025 was much better. Suryakumar Yadav led in the opening game while Hardik served a one-match ban carried over from 2024 for slow over rates; Hardik captained the other 15 and won nine. Mumbai beat Gujarat by 20 runs in the Eliminator before losing Qualifier 2 to Punjab by five wickets in Ahmedabad.
In 2026 Mumbai won four of 14 and again missed the playoffs. Hardik played and captained 10 of those games, winning two.
His 70 matches as captain put him ninth on the league’s all-time list, one behind Rishabh Pant (71). MS Dhoni leads with 235.
For how he compares with India’s other leaders across all three formats, see our list of the most successful India captains.
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