At 26, Shubman Gill already wears the captain's armband across all three formats for India and an IPL franchise. With the England ODI series just finished and the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy sealed in 2025, here is the complete match-by-match record — and what each format tells us about where his leadership is headed.
· CricTracker India Desk · 8 min read
When Rohit Sharma stepped away from Test cricket in mid-2025, the Indian dressing room needed an answer at the top of the order — both as a batter and as a captain. Shubman Gill, who had already taken charge of the T20I side in 2024 and the ODI side in late 2025, was the only candidate who had been groomed for the role across formats. By the time the England Test series ended in a 2-2 draw, Gill had led India in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and the IPL — a workload no Indian captain under 30 has carried in the modern era.
Across formats, the captaincy record so far reads like this: 5 T20Is with 4 wins, 11 ODIs with 6 wins, 9 Tests with 5 wins, and 43 IPL games with 24 wins for Gujarat Titans. The headline numbers, though, hide the more interesting story — that his win percentage has climbed as he has stayed in the role, that the losses have come in clusters rather than streaks, and that his first overseas Test series win as captain came in mid-2026, almost exactly a year after his first Test series draw in England. Reading the numbers alongside the series context is what makes Gill's captaincy record worth understanding in full rather than as a one-line stat.
| Format | Matches Captained | Won | Lost | No Result / Tied | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% |
| ODIs | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 55.00% |
| Tests | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% |
| IPL (Gujarat Titans) | 43 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 55.81% |
Gill's first senior captaincy assignment was a short one — five T20Is against Zimbabwe in mid-2024, slotted in as a rotation window when the senior regulars were either rested or recovering from the IPL. India won four and lost one, an 80% win record that is the highest of any format Gill has led in. The only defeat came in a dead rubber after the series was already decided, and the lineup rotated heavily across the five matches.
The Zimbabwe series was small in volume but telling in tone. Gill was aggressive with the bat, promoted himself up the order, and used a relatively young bowling attack to take wickets in clusters. The 80% win record has not really been tested since — India have not handed him another standalone T20I series since, with the Suryakumar Yadav era also overlapping in the format — so the figure should be read as a snapshot of intent rather than a long-term benchmark. What it confirmed is that Gill treats the format the way he bats in it: looking to dominate the powerplay and trusting his bowlers to close out the back end.
Five games, four wins, one loss. The single defeat came after the series was already won. The record is built on a narrow base but the captaincy pattern was clear — promote himself, give the bowlers defined roles, and keep the asking rate in check.
Gill's ODI captaincy started in October 2025 with a home series against Australia. India lost 1-2 — the first ODI series loss of his tenure and a result that put the spotlight on his white-ball call-making almost immediately. KL Rahul stepped in as stand-in captain for the South Africa tour that followed while Gill recovered from a niggle, and India lost that tour 1-2 as well. The first win as ODI captain came in January 2026, but the home series against New Zealand still finished 1-2.
The first ODI series win came against Afghanistan in June 2026 at home, where India posted consecutive wins to seal a 2-0 lead in the three-match rubber. That result broke a run of three straight ODI series losses under Gill's leadership and gave the side its first series win in the format under the new captain. The Afghanistan series win was followed almost immediately by the England tour in July 2026, where India won the first match at Edgbaston before England levelled and then took the series 2-1.
Across eleven ODIs, Gill has won six and lost five — a 55% record that mirrors his Test and IPL numbers almost exactly. The loss columns are clustered: three of the five defeats came in series that India lost 1-2, suggesting that the team has been competitive but not closing out tight rubbers. The pattern is not unusual for a captain in his first year in a format — the squad combinations are still settling, the role of senior players is being re-negotiated after Rohit and Kohli's exits from the format, and the away-tour results have been tougher than the home ones. What the ODI record measures, more than anything, is how quickly Gill has been able to absorb a leadership change that would have unsettled most captains in their first year.
Taking over from Rohit Sharma ahead of the 2025 England tour was the moment that defined Gill's captaincy arc so far. India were already without Rohit and Virat Kohli, who had stepped away from the format, and the bowling attack was without some of its senior pace options. The series went to the fifth Test, where India levelled the contest 2-2 with only their third-ever Test win at The Oval, sealing the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in the process. The five-match series produced a draw result rather than a win or a loss for the captaincy record — counted as one no-result for the win-percentage calculation — but the cricket itself was a strong endorsement of Gill's temperament under pressure.
The Test record that has built since then has been a mix of dominant home wins and a learning curve in away conditions. India won the first home Test under Gill's captaincy against the West Indies by an innings and 140 runs, with the series wrapping up on the final day. Against Afghanistan in June 2026, India sealed an overseas Test series victory — Gill's first as captain — and confirmed the direction of travel in the format. The series also came in conditions that demanded a more conservative approach with the bat, which Gill managed without over-correcting from the England template.
The nine-Test record breaks down as five wins, three losses and one draw. The losses have been tight contests that could have gone either way with one fewer collapse, and the wins have included both home and away victories. The Test record is the one that will define Gill's captaincy long term, and right now it sits in a healthier place than it did in October 2025 when the England series was still fresh.
The IPL record is the largest single block of captaincy minutes Gill has on the board. When Hardik Pandya moved on from Gujarat Titans ahead of IPL 2024, the franchise turned to Gill as the long-term replacement — a bet on a 24-year-old batter who had not yet captained India in any format. Across two full seasons, Gill led GT in 43 matches with 24 wins, 17 losses and no no-result games, taking the side to back-to-back playoff finishes in 2025 and 2026.
The 55.81% win record in the IPL is the most telling number in the entire captaincy portfolio, because it strips out the small-sample formats and shows what a larger body of work looks like under his leadership. Two consecutive playoff finishes for a franchise that had only been in the league since 2022 is a strong result, and the pattern of late-season form that Gill has brought to the Titans has been a clear contrast with the win-loss swings in his ODI tenure. Where the ODI captaincy has been a story of close series going the wrong way, the IPL record is a story of the team holding its nerve in the back half of the tournament.
The IPL record also comes with a structural difference from the international captaincy: a fixed coaching staff, a settled XI through most of the season, and a stable auction base that does not reset between tours. That is not a criticism of the international record, but a note on what the IPL numbers are measuring. A 55.81% win record over 43 games in a league where eight of ten teams are competing for four playoff spots is a healthy result for a young captain who took over a franchise in transition.
43 matches, 24 wins, 17 losses, no no-results. Two consecutive playoff finishes. The only format where Gill has had the same squad, the same coaching staff and the same venue cycle week after week — and the win percentage mirrors his ODI and Test numbers exactly.
The cleanest way to read Gill's captaincy record across formats is to put the numbers next to each other and watch the pattern. The T20I record is short and impressive, but it is built on five matches against one opponent and should be treated as a window rather than a verdict. The ODI record is the most volatile, with three consecutive series losses at the start and a first series win only in June 2026. The Test record is the one where the away win in Afghanistan in June 2026 has reset the direction of travel, and the IPL record is the largest single body of work and the most representative of what Gill does with a settled squad.
The 55% win record across Tests, ODIs and the IPL is the headline number that ties the formats together, but the gap between those three formats and the 80% T20I mark is really a small-sample effect rather than a format-specific weakness. What matters more is the trajectory: each format has moved in a positive direction in the second half of the captaincy tenure, and the away Test win in Afghanistan is the clearest single piece of evidence that Gill has learned on the job.
The next obvious checkpoints for the record are the away ODI assignments later in 2026 and the home Test series against stronger opposition, both of which will give a clearer picture of where the ODI and Test numbers settle. For now, the captaincy record is one of a young leader who has done enough across formats to justify the role — and who has the bigger wins still ahead of him.
Across Tests, ODIs and T20Is combined, Shubman Gill has captained India in 25 international matches — 9 Tests, 11 ODIs and 5 T20Is — as of July 2026. The IPL adds another 43 matches for Gujarat Titans.
Across all three international formats, Gill's combined win percentage sits at 60% — 15 wins from 25 matches when each no-result counts as half. In Tests it is 55.56%, in ODIs it is 55%, and in T20Is it is 80%.
Gill first captained India in the 2024 T20I series against Zimbabwe, a five-match assignment that India won 4-1. It was his first senior leadership role across formats.
The Afghanistan Test series in June 2026 was Gill's first overseas Test series win as India captain. The series win came less than a year after the drawn Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series in England.
Yes. Gill has led Gujarat Titans to back-to-back playoff finishes in IPL 2025 and IPL 2026. Across 43 IPL matches as captain, GT have won 24 and lost 17 for a 55.81% win record.
Gill has captained India in 11 ODIs with 6 wins and 5 losses. His first series win as ODI captain came against Afghanistan at home in June 2026, ending a run of three straight ODI series defeats earlier in his tenure.
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