Anil Kumble, on Monday, became only the seventh Indian to start his captaincy stint with a win.
The accompanying table has the details:
| Captain | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| Polly Umrigar | New Zealand | Bombay | 1955-56 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | New Zealand | Auckland | 1975-76 |
| Ravi Shastri | West Indies | Madras | 1987-88 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Australia | Delhi | 1996-97 |
| Sourav Ganguly | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2000-01 |
| Virender Sehwag | Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 2005-06 |
| Anil Kumble | Pakistan | Delhi | 2007-08 |
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