List of Indian Premier League captains

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In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities.[1][2] The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India,[3] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008.[4] In the 14 seasons played, 50 players have captained their team in at least one match.[5]

Rohit Sharma unveils new Adidas collection in November 2016
Rohit Sharma holds the record of most titles as captain in Indian Premier League with 5 titles.
MS Dhoni holds the record of most wins as a captain in Indian Premier League

Mumbai Indians’s Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in the IPL with 5 title wins.[6] Mumbai Indians has a win–loss percentage of 100. Chennai Super Kings's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has 4 titles and has played the most matches as a captain,[5] with the second highest win–loss percentage among successful captains who have captained over 170 matches (59.27). Gautam Gambhir with a win–loss percentage of 55.27 has 2 titles.[7][5] Dhoni has played 162 matches and won the most matches playing as a captain with 100, and has also lost the most matches playing as a captain with 64.[5] Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are the only players to captain three teams: the former has captained the Delhi Daredevils, the Kings XI Punjab and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, whereas the latter has captained Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad.[5]

James Hopes of the Daredevils has captained the most matches without registering a win; he led his team in three matches, two of which were lost and one ended with no result.[5] Six players have captained the Daredevils, the Indians and the Warriors each; five players have captained the Kings XI and the Royal Challengers each; four players have captained the Deccan Chargers; three players have captained the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals each; whereas two players have captained the Super Kings and the Tuskers each.[5]

The list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one IPL match. The list is initially organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by last name.[lower-greek 1][lower-greek 2][lower-greek 3]

Key[edit]

Symbol Meaning
First Year of the first IPL match as a captain
Last Year of latest IPL match as a captain
Mat Number of matches as a captain
Team(s) Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one match
Won Number of games won
Lost Number of games lost
Tied Number of games tied
NR Number of games with no result
Win% The percentage of games won by that captain[lower-greek 4]

Captains[edit]

Indian Premier League captains[5]
Player Nationality[lower-greek 5] First Last Mat Team(s) Won Lost Tied NR Win% No of Titles
Mahendra Singh Dhoni  India 2008 2022 210
123 86 0 1 58.57 4
Virat Kohli  India 2011 2021 140 Royal Challengers Bangalore 64 69 3 4 48.16
Rohit Sharma  India 2013 2022 143 Mumbai Indians 79 60 4 0 55.24 5
Gautam Gambhir  India 2009 2018 129
71 57 1 0 55.42 2
Adam Gilchrist  Australia 2008 2013 74
35 39 0 0 47.29 1
David Warner  Australia 2013 2021 69
35 32 2 0 52.17 1
Shane Warne  Australia 2008 2011 55 Rajasthan Royals 30 24 1 0 55.45 1
Virender Sehwag  India 2008 2015 53
28 24 1 0 53.77
Sachin Tendulkar  India 2008 2011 51 Mumbai Indians 30 21 0 0 58.82
Rahul Dravid  India 2008 2013 48
22 26 0 0 45.83
Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 2010 2013 47
15 30 2 0 34.04
Dinesh Karthik  India 2010 2020 43
21 21 1 0 50.00
Steven Smith  Australia 2012 2020 43
25 17 0 1 59.52
Yuvraj Singh  India 2008 2011 43
21 21 0 1 50.00
Saurav Ganguly  India 2008 2012 42
17 25 0 0 40.47
Shreyas Iyer  India 2018 2022 55
27 26 2 0 49.09
Suresh Raina  India 2010 2019 34
14 18 2 0 44.11
Kane Williamson  New Zealand 2018 2022 46 Sunrisers Hyderabad 22 23 1 0 47.83
Sanju Samson  India 2021 2022 31 Rajasthan Royals 15 16 0 0 48.39
Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka 2010 2013 30
10 19 1 0 35.00
Rishabh Pant  India 2021 2022 30 Delhi Capitals 16 13 1 0 53.33
George Bailey  Australia 2014 2015 30 Kings XI Punjab 14 16 0 0 46.66
Ravichandran Ashwin  India 2018 2019 28 Kings XI Punjab 12 16 0 0 42.85
K. L. Rahul  India 2020 2022 42
20 20 2 0 47.62
Anil Kumble  India 2009 2010 26 Royal Challengers Bangalore 15 11 0 0 57.69
Ajinkya Rahane  India 2017 2019 25
9 16 0 0 36.00
Shane Watson  Australia 2008 2017 24
8 13 2 1 39.13
Eoin Morgan  England 2020 2021 24 Kolkata Knight Riders 11 12 1 0 47.91
Zaheer Khan  India 2016 2017 23 Delhi Daredevils 10 13 0 0 43.47
Daniel Vettori  New Zealand 2011 2012 22 Royal Challengers Bangalore 12 10 0 0 54.54
Harbhajan Singh  India 2008 2012 20 Mumbai Indians 10 10 0 0 50.00
Kevin Pietersen  England 2009 2014 17
3 14 0 0 17.64
JP Duminy  South Africa 2015 2016 16 Delhi Daredevils 6 9 0 1 40.00
Faf du Plessis  South Africa 2022 2022 16
9 7 0 0 56.25
Mayank Agarwal  India 2021 2022 15
7 8 0 0 46.67
Hardik Pandya  India 2022 2022 15
11 4 0 0 73.33 1
Brendon McCullum  New Zealand 2009 2016 14
3 10 1 0 25.00
Glenn Maxwell  Australia 2017 2017 14 Kings XI Punjab 7 7 0 0 50.00
Cameron White  Australia 2011 2013 12
7 5 0 0 58.33
David Hussey  Australia 2012 2013 12 Kings XI Punjab 6 6 0 0 50.00
Aaron Finch  Australia 2013 2013 10 Pune Warriors 2 8 0 0 20.00
Shikhar Dhawan  India 2014 2014 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 4 6 0 0 40.00
Ravindra Jadeja  India 2022 2022 8
2 6 0 0 25.00
Murali Vijay  India 2016 2016 8 Kings XI Punjab 3 5 0 0 37.50
Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India 2019 2022 7 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2 5 0 0 28.57
V. V. S. Laxman  India 2008 2008 6 Deccan Chargers 1 5 0 0 16.66
Ricky Ponting  Australia 2013 2013 6 Mumbai Indians 3 3 0 0 50.00
David Miller  South Africa 2016 2016 6 Kings XI Punjab 1 5 0 0 16.66
Kieron Pollard  West Indies 2019 2021 6 Mumbai Indians 4 2 0 0 66.66
Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka 2013 2013 5 Pune Warriors 1 4 0 0 20.00
Shaun Pollock  South Africa 2008 2008 4 Mumbai Indians 3 1 0 0 75.00
Darren Sammy  West Indies 2014 2014 4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2 2 0 0 50.00
James Hopes  Australia 2011 2011 3 Delhi Daredevils 0 2 0 1 0.00
Karun Nair  India 2017 2017 3 Delhi Daredevils 2 1 0 0 66.66
Dwayne Bravo  West Indies 2010 2010 1 Mumbai Indians 0 1 0 0 0.00
Parthiv Patel  India 2011 2011 1 Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ross Taylor  New Zealand 2013 2013 1 Pune Warriors 1 0 0 0 100.00
Manish Pandey  India 2021 2021 1
0 1 0 0 00.00
Rashid Khan  Afghanistan 2022 2022 1
1 0 0 0 100.00
Updated: 31 May 2022[8]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the Table sort icon icon in the column title.
  2. ↑ These statistics do not cover the games played in other tournaments such as the Champions League Twenty20, the British Asian Cup or the 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders tour of Australia.
  3. ↑ These statistics are correct as of the 2013 season.
  4. ↑ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  5. ↑ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Cricket Australia; Frank Pyke; Ken Davis (8 March 2010). Cutting Edge Cricket. Human Kinetics. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7360-7902-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Ken Davis; Neil Buszard (5 April 2011). Cricket: 99.94 Tips to Improve Your Game. Human Kinetics. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7360-9078-0. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "ICC Members- India". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "IPL auction 2011: Teams to spend big for top cricketers". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Indian Premier League / Records / Most matches as captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "IPL 2020 final: In the ring of fire, a Rohit Sharma special & MI's five-star victory". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Indian Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Most Matches as Captain". ESPN Cricinfo. 22 June 2013.

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