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 4 title wins. Mumbai Indians with 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.[6][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] |
List of IPL captains
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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- ^ a b c d e f g h "Indian Premier League / Records / Most matches as captain". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Indian Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?id=117;type=trophy Archived 22 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine