Most T20I Losses as Captains

Captain	Team	Matches	Lost	Won	Tied	No Result	Loss%
Clinton Rubagumya	Rwanda	83	60	21	0	2	72.29
Karabo Motlhanka	Botswana	57	35	21	0	1	61.40
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	75	35	39	0	1	46.67
Aaron Finch	Australia	76	32	41	0	3	42.11
Prakash Mishra	Bulgaria	46	32	12	0	2	69.57
Andrew Balbirnie	Ireland	52	31	20	0	1	59.62
Babar Azam	Pakistan	85	30	48	1	7	35.29
Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	57	29	26	0	2	50.87
Mohammed Aslam	Kuwait	69	29	39	0	1	42.02
MS Dhoni	India	72	28	42	0	2	38.89
Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	76	28	48	0	0	36.84

Key Insights on Most T20 International Losses by Captains and Teams

Overall and Full-Member Captaincy Loss Records

Clinton Rubagumya has lost the most T20I matches as a captain, with over 60 defeats to his name as Rwanda’s skipper.

Among full-member captains, Kane Williamson tops the chart with 35 losses as New Zealand’s skipper.

Rubagumya lost 23 of his matches in 2023, the most by a captain in a calendar year in T20Is.

See which team has won the most T20I games in a calendar year.

Longest Losing Streaks and Undefeated Records

Slovenia’s Izaz Ali has lost 11 matches in a row. This is the longest losing streak by a captain in T20Is.

South Korea’s Jun Hyunwoo has a 100 per cent loss record as a skipper, facing defeat in each of his 10 matches as South Korea’s captain (minimum 10 matches as captain).

Rubagumya, Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe), Luwsanzundui Erdenebulgan (Mongolia), and Htet Lin Aung (Myanmar) are the other skippers to concede 10 consecutive defeats in T20Is.

Captains’ Defeats by Venue and Opponent

Rubagumya is the only captain to lose more than 30 T20Is in his home country – Rwanda.

Most of those defeats have come at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Rwanda.

Rubagumya is the only skipper to lose 15 or more matches against two opponents in T20Is – Uganda and Tanzania.

Team and Historical Losing Streaks

Taylor’s (Brendan Taylor) streak was part of Zimbabwe’s 16-match losing streak between May 2010 and March 2013, the most defeats by a team in a row in T20Is.

Among all teams, the West Indies and Bangladesh have conceded more than 120 defeats in T20Is.

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