The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday made a shocking announcement that Rahul Dravid [Images] had asked to be relieved of the team's captaincy as he wants to concentrate on his batting.

It brings to an abrupt end the Karnataka batsman's two-year stint at the top after replacing Sourav Ganguly [Images].

A detailed look at the captaincy record of the three recent Indian captains -- Dravid, Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar [Images].

Dravid in comparison with other recent Indian captains:

Tests

	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%
Dravid	25	8	6	11	32.00
Ganguly	49	21	13	15	42.86
Tendulkar	25	4	9	12	16.00

One-Day Internationals

	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Won%
Dravid	79	42	33	4	53.16
Ganguly	146	76	65	5	52.05
Tendulkar	73	23	43	6*	31.51

* in addition one match was tied

Burden of captaincy on the performance with the bat:

Tests

	As a captain			As a player
	Mts	Runs	Avg	Mts	Runs	Avg	Change in Avg
Dravid	25	1736	44.51	86	7733	60.88	-16.37
Ganguly	49	2561	37.66	47	3251	44.53	-6.87
Tendulkar	25	2054	51.35	115	9096	55.80	-4.45

One-Day Internationals

	As a captain			As a player
	Mts	Runs	Avg	Mts	Runs	Avg	Change in Avg
Dravid	79	2658	42.19	244	7755	39.36	2.83
Ganguly	146	5082	38.79	153	5923	43.87	-5.08
Tendulkar	73	2454	37.75	322	12971	45.83	-8.08

Note: All records are for India's matches only