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Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
Youngest Captains (Age at First Match)
Player
Country
Born
Match
Age
Versus
Ground
Rashid Khan*
Afghanistan
20/09/1998
05/09/2019
20 years 350 days
Bangladesh
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
T Taibu
Zimbabwe
14/05/1983
06/05/2004
20 years 358 days
Sri Lanka
Harare Sports Club
Nawab of Pataudi Jr
India
05/01/1941
23/03/1962
21 years 77 days
West Indies
Kensington Oval
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
16/11/1971
01/12/1993
22 years 15 days
Zimbabwe
Defence Housing Authority Stadium
G C Smith
South Africa
01/02/1981
24/04/2003
22 years 82 days
Bangladesh
MA Aziz Stadium
Shakib Al Hasan*
Bangladesh
24/03/1987
17/07/2009
22 years 115 days
West Indies
National Cricket Stadium (Grenada)
I D Craig
Australia
12/06/1935
23/12/1957
22 years 194 days
South Africa
Wanderers Stadium
Javed Miandad
Pakistan
12/06/1957
27/02/1980
22 years 260 days
Australia
National Stadium (Karachi)
M Bisset
South Africa
14/04/1876
14/02/1899
22 years 306 days
England
Old Wanderers
Mohammad Ashraful
Bangladesh
07/07/1984
25/06/2007
22 years 353 days
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
M P Bowden
England
01/11/1865
25/03/1889
23 years 144 days
South Africa
Newlands
S R Tendulkar
India
24/04/1973
10/10/1996
23 years 169 days
Australia
Arun Jaitley Stadium
G C Grant
West Indies
09/05/1907
12/12/1930
23 years 217 days
Australia
Adelaide Oval
I F W Bligh
England
13/03/1859
30/12/1882
23 years 292 days
Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
S P Fleming
New Zealand
01/04/1973
14/02/1997
23 years 319 days
England
AMI Stadium
J O Holder*
West Indies
05/11/1991
14/10/2015
23 years 343 days
Sri Lanka
Galle International Stadium
A D R Campbell
Zimbabwe
23/09/1972
11/09/1996
23 years 354 days
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium
Javed Burki
Pakistan
08/05/1938
31/05/1962
24 years 23 days
England
Edgbaston
Kapil Dev
India
06/01/1959
23/02/1983
24 years 48 days
West Indies
Sabina Park
D J Bravo*
West Indies
07/10/1983
10/01/2008
24 years 95 days
South Africa
Kingsmead
W J Cronje
South Africa
25/09/1969
28/01/1994
24 years 125 days
Australia
Adelaide Oval
Mushfiqur Rahim*
Bangladesh
09/05/1987
21/10/2011
24 years 165 days
West Indies
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
I T Botham
England
24/11/1955
05/06/1980
24 years 194 days
West Indies
Trent Bridge
H W Taylor
South Africa
05/05/1889
13/12/1913
24 years 222 days
England
Lord's (SAF)
B A Murphy
Zimbabwe
01/12/1976
08/11/2001
24 years 342 days
Bangladesh
Bangabandhu National Stadium
K C Brathwaite*
West Indies
01/12/1992
09/12/2017
25 years 8 days
New Zealand
Seddon Park
D B Carr
England
28/12/1926
06/02/1952
25 years 40 days
India
MA Chidambaram Stadium
K J Hughes
Australia
26/01/1954
24/03/1979
25 years 57 days
Pakistan
WACA Ground
M A Atherton
England
23/05/1968
05/08/1993
25 years 74 days
Australia
Edgbaston
A N Cook
England
25/12/1984
12/03/2010
25 years 77 days
Bangladesh
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
M V Boucher
South Africa
03/12/1976
22/02/2002
25 years 81 days
Australia
Wanderers Stadium
Najmul Hossain Shanto*
Bangladesh
25/08/1998
28/11/2023
25 years 95 days
New Zealand
Sylhet Stadium
D S R Sheppard
England
06/03/1929
01/07/1954
25 years 117 days
Pakistan
Trent Bridge
D I Gower
England
01/04/1957
12/08/1982
25 years 133 days
Pakistan
Lord's
P W Sherwell
South Africa
17/08/1880
02/01/1906
25 years 138 days
England
Old Wanderers
P B H May
England
31/12/1929
09/06/1955
25 years 160 days
South Africa
Trent Bridge
B R M Taylor*
Zimbabwe
06/02/1986
04/08/2011
25 years 179 days
Bangladesh
Harare Sports Club
S P D Smith*
Australia
02/06/1989
17/12/2014
25 years 198 days
India
Brisbane Cricket Ground
A Flower
Zimbabwe
28/04/1968
01/12/1993
25 years 217 days
Pakistan
Defence Housing Authority Stadium
H B Cameron
South Africa
05/07/1905
13/02/1931
25 years 223 days
England
Old Wanderers
R J Shastri
India
27/05/1962
11/01/1988
25 years 229 days
West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium
C A Smith
England
21/07/1863
12/03/1889
25 years 234 days
South Africa
St George's Park
Shoaib Malik*
Pakistan
01/02/1982
01/10/2007
25 years 242 days
South Africa
National Stadium (Karachi)
J M Parker
New Zealand
21/02/1951
30/10/1976
25 years 252 days
Pakistan
National Stadium (Karachi)
Mashrafe Mortaza
Bangladesh
05/10/1983
09/07/2009
25 years 277 days
West Indies
Arnos Vale Ground
A D Mathews*
Sri Lanka
02/06/1987
08/03/2013
25 years 279 days
Bangladesh
Galle International Stadium
Salman Butt
Pakistan
07/10/1984
21/07/2010
25 years 287 days
Australia
Headingley
P A de Silva
Sri Lanka
17/10/1965
22/08/1991
25 years 309 days
England
Lord's
Khaled Mashud
Bangladesh
08/02/1976
18/12/2001
25 years 313 days
New Zealand
Seddon Park
W L Murdoch
Australia
18/10/1854
06/09/1880
25 years 324 days
England
Kennington Oval
No. of Records = 50
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