List of India’s Boxing Day Test Matches, Captains, & Wins
Any Test Match in cricket played on 26th December just after Christmas Day is called a Boxing Day Test Match. The Test Match will be considered a Boxing Day Test only when it is played in Australia, England, South Africa, or New Zealand. The term Boxing Day was initiated in cricket from the year 1950 onwards.
Nowadays every test match is played on the 26th of December and is globally termed as Boxing Day Test Match by the cricket community. So far from India, Virat Kohli is the only captain to have a 100% success rate while leading in Boxing Day Test Matches with a minimum of 2 matches.
List of All the Boxing Day Test Matches where India appeared along with the Results:
| SR/No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Captain (IND) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26/12/1985 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Drawn | Kapil Dev |
| 2 | 26/12/1987 | West Indies | Eden Gardens | Drawn | Dillip Vengsarkar |
| 3 | 26/12/1991 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | AUS Won | Mohd. Azharuddin |
| 4 | 26/12/1992 | South Africa | St George’s Park | RSA Won | Mohd. Azharuddin |
| 5 | 26/12/1996 | South Africa | Kingsmead | RSA Won | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 6 | 26/12/1998 | New Zealand | Basin Reserve | NZ Won | Mohd. Azharuddin |
| 7 | 26/12/1999 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | AUS Won | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 8 | 26/12/2003 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | AUS Won | Sourav Ganguly |
| 9 | 26/12/2006 | South Africa | Kingsmead | RSA Won | Rahul Dravid |
| 10 | 26/12/2007 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | AUS Won | Anil Kumble |
| 11 | 26/12/2010 | South Africa | Kingsmead | IND Won | MS Dhoni |
| 12 | 26/12/2011 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | AUS Won | MS Dhoni |
| 13 | 26/12/2013 | South Africa | Kingsmead | RSA Won | MS Dhoni |
| 14 | 26/12/2014 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Drawn | MS Dhoni |
| 15 | 26/12/2018 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | IND Won | Virat Kohli |
| 16 | 26/12/2020 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | IND Won | Ajinkya Rahane |
| 17 | 26/12/2021 | South Africa | SuperSport Park | IND Won | Virat Kohli |
| 18 | 26/12/2023 | South Africa | SuperSport Park | RSA Won | Rohit Sharma |
