List of Indian Premier League captains
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 nine seasons played, 34 players have captained their team in at least one match.[5]
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 58.65. Chennai Super Kings's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has 3 titles and has played the most matches as a captain[5] and with highest win–loss percentage among successful captains who have captained over 10 matches with win–loss percentage of 60.11 and Gautam Gambhir's with a win-loss percentage of 55.46 has 2 titles.[7][5] Dhoni has played 162 matches, and won the most matches playing as a captain, with 100 and has 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 Kane Williamson has captained 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.[α][β][γ]
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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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% | Percentage of games won to those captained[δ] |
Captains
Player | Nationality[ε] | First | Last | Mat | Team(s) | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win% |
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni | India | 2008 | 2020 | 177 | 105 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 59.65 | |
Gautam Gambhir | India | 2009 | 2018 | 129 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 55.42 | |
Virat Kohli | India | 2011 | 2020 | 112 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 47.22 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 2013 | 2020 | 106 | Mumbai Indians | 61 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 58.49 |
Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 2008 | 2013 | 74 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 47.29 | |
David Warner | Australia | 2013 | 2020 | 63 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 54.76 | |
Shane Warne | Australia | 2008 | 2011 | 55 | Rajasthan Royals | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 55.45 |
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 | 2020 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 53.65 | |
Suresh Raina | India | 2010 | 2019 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 44.11 | |
Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 2010 | 2013 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 35.00 | |
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 |
Anil Kumble | India | 2009 | 2010 | 26 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57.69 |
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 2018 | 2019 | 26 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 55.76 |
Ajinkya Rahane | India | 2017 | 2019 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | |
Shane Watson | Australia | 2008 | 2017 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39.13 | |
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 |
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 |
K. L. Rahul | India | 2020 | 2020 | 14 | Kings XI Punjab | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 |
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 |
Murali Vijay | India | 2016 | 2016 | 8 | Kings XI Punjab | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
Eoin Morgan | England | 2020 | 2020 | 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
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 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 2019 | 2019 | 6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 2013 | 2013 | 5 | Pune Warriors | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
Kieron Pollard | West Indies | 2019 | 2020 | 5 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
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 |
Updated: 5 December 2020[8] |
Notes
- ^ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the icon in the column title.
- ^ 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.
- ^ These statistics are correct as of the 2013 season.
- ^ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
- ^ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.
References
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