Youngest captains

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Captains

Youngest captains

Rank	Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Rashid Khan	20y 350d	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	5 Sep 2019	Test # 2361
🥈 2	T Taibu	20y 358d	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	6 May 2004	Test # 1698
🥉 3	Nawab of Pataudi	21y 77d	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
4	Waqar Younis	22y 15d	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
5	GC Smith	22y 82d	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
6	Shakib Al Hasan	22y 115d	Bangladesh	v West Indies	St George's	17 Jul 2009	Test # 1926
7	ID Craig	22y 194d	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
8	Javed Miandad	22y 260d	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
9	M Bisset	22y 306d	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
10	Mohammad Ashraful	22y 353d	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
11	MP Bowden	23y 144d	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
12	SR Tendulkar	23y 169d	India	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
13	GC Grant	23y 217d	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930	Test # 199
14	Hon.IFW Bligh	23y 292d	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
15	SP Fleming	23y 319d	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
16	JO Holder	23y 343d	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
17	ADR Campbell	23y 354d	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
18	Javed Burki	24y 23d	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	31 May 1962	Test # 530
19	N Kapil Dev	24y 48d	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
20	DJ Bravo	24y 95d	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
21	WJ Cronje	24y 125d	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
22	Mushfiqur Rahim	24y 165d	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011	Test # 2010
23	IT Botham	24y 194d	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
24	HW Taylor	24y 222d	South Africa	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
25	BA Murphy	24y 342d	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
26	KC Brathwaite	25y 8d	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
27	DB Carr	25y 40d	England	v India	Chennai	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
28	KJ Hughes	25y 57d	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
29	AN Cook	25y 77d	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010	Test # 1954
30	MV Boucher	25y 81d	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
31	Najmul Hossain Shanto	25y 95d	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Sylhet	28 Nov 2023	Test # 2516
32	DS Sheppard	25y 117d	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
33	DI Gower	25y 133d	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
34	MA Atherton	25y 135d	England	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Aug 1993	Test # 1230
35	PW Sherwell	25y 138d	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
36	PBH May	25y 160d	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
37	BRM Taylor	25y 179d	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	4 Aug 2011	Test # 2002
38	SPD Smith	25y 198d	Australia	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2149
39	A Flower	25y 217d	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
40	HB Cameron	25y 223d	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
41	RJ Shastri	25y 229d	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
42	CA Smith	25y 234d	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
43	Shoaib Malik	25y 242d	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
44	JM Parker	25y 252d	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
45	Mashrafe Mortaza	25y 277d	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Kingstown	9 Jul 2009	Test # 1923
46	AD Mathews	25y 279d	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	8 Mar 2013	Test # 2078
47	Shubman Gill	25y 285d	India	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2025	Test # 2587
48	Salman Butt	25y 287d	Pakistan	v Australia	Leeds	21 Jul 2010	Test # 1965
49	PA de Silva	25y 309d	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
50	Khaled Mashud	25y 313d	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
51	WL Murdoch	25y 324d	Australia	v England	The Oval	6 Sep 1880	Test # 4
52	APF Chapman	25y 345d	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
53	KS Williamson	25y 355d	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210

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