Test Youngest Captains

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(Age on first day of their first Test match)

Years	Days
20	350	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan v Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	2019/20
20	358	T Taibu	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2004
21	77	MAK Pataudi	India v West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1961/62
22	15	Waqar Younis	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Defence Housing Authority Stadium, Karachi	1993/94
22	82	GC Smith	South Africa v Bangladesh	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	2003
22	115	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh v West Indies	Queen's Park (New), St George's	2009
22	194	ID Craig	Australia v South Africa	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1957/58
22	260	Javed Miandad	Pakistan v Australia	National Stadium, Karachi	1979/80
22	289	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	2007
22	306	M Bisset	South Africa v England	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1898/99
23	50	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh v West Indies	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	2011/12
23	144	MP Bowden	England v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	1888/89
23	169	SR Tendulkar	India v Australia	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1996/97
23	217	GC Grant	West Indies v Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1930/31
23	292	IFW Bligh	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1882/83
23	319	SP Fleming	New Zealand v England	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1996/97
23	343	JO Holder	West Indies v Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	2015/16
23	354	ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1996
24	23	Javed Burki	Pakistan v England	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1962
24	48	Kapil Dev	India v West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	1982/83
24	95	DJ Bravo	West Indies v South Africa	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	2007/08
24	125	WJ Cronje	South Africa v Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1993/94
24	194	IT Botham	England v West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1980
24	222	HW Taylor	South Africa v England	Lord's, Durban	1913/14
24	342	BA Murphy	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	2001/02

The list shows occurrences of captains aged under 25 years