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]
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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
| 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
Notes
- ↑ Cutting Edge Cricket{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Human Kinetics(8 March 2010). ISBN 978-0-7360-7902-0
- ↑ Cricket: 99.94 Tips to Improve Your Game{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Human Kinetics(5 April 2011). ISBN 978-0-7360-9078-0
- ↑ ICC Members- India. International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ IPL auction 2011: Teams to spend big for top cricketers. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ IPL 2020 final: In the ring of fire, a Rohit Sharma special & MI's five-star victory. The Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ↑ Indian Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ Most Matches as Captain(22 June 2013).
References
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