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.[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% Percentage of games won to those captained[lower-greek 4]

Captains
Indian Premier League captains[5]
Player Nationality[lower-greek 5] First Last Mat Team(s) Won Lost Tied NR Win%
Mahendra Singh Dhoni  India20082020177
105710159.65
Gautam Gambhir  India20092018129
71571055.42
Virat Kohli  India20112020112Royal Challengers Bangalore50562447.22
Rohit Sharma  India20132020106Mumbai Indians61432058.49
Adam Gilchrist  Australia2008201374
35390047.29
David Warner  Australia2013202063
34281054.76
Shane Warne  Australia2008201155Rajasthan Royals30241055.45
Virender Sehwag  India2008201553
28241053.77
Sachin Tendulkar  India2008201151Mumbai Indians30210058.82
Rahul Dravid  India2008201348
22260045.83
Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka2010201347
15302034.04
Dinesh Karthik  India2010202043
21211050.00
Steven Smith  Australia2012202043
25170159.52
Yuvraj Singh  India2008201143
21210150.00
Saurav Ganguly  India2008201242
17250040.47
Shreyas Iyer  India2018202041
21182053.65
Suresh Raina  India2010201934
14182044.11
Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka2010201330
10191035.00
George Bailey  Australia2014201530Kings XI Punjab14160046.66
Ravichandran Ashwin  India2018201928Kings XI Punjab12160042.85
Anil Kumble  India2009201026Royal Challengers Bangalore15110057.69
Kane Williamson  New Zealand2018201926Sunrisers Hyderabad14111055.76
Ajinkya Rahane  India2017201925
9160036.00
Shane Watson  Australia2008201724
8132139.13
Zaheer Khan  India2016201723Delhi Daredevils10130043.47
Daniel Vettori  New Zealand2011201222Royal Challengers Bangalore12100054.54
Harbhajan Singh  India2008201220Mumbai Indians10100050.00
Kevin Pietersen  England2009201417
3140017.64
JP Duminy  South Africa2015201616Delhi Daredevils690140.00
Brendon McCullum  New Zealand2009201614
3101025.00
Glenn Maxwell  Australia2017201714Kings XI Punjab770050.00
K. L. Rahul  India2020202014Kings XI Punjab571042.85
Cameron White  Australia2011201312
750058.33
David Hussey  Australia2012201312Kings XI Punjab660050.00
Aaron Finch  Australia2013201310Pune Warriors280020.00
Shikhar Dhawan  India2014201410Sunrisers Hyderabad460040.00
Murali Vijay  India201620168Kings XI Punjab350037.50
Eoin Morgan  England202020207Kolkata Knight Riders241035.71
V. V. S. Laxman  India200820086Deccan Chargers150016.66
Ricky Ponting  Australia201320136Mumbai Indians330050.00
David Miller  South Africa201620166Kings XI Punjab150016.66
Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India201920196Sunrisers Hyderabad240033.33
Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka201320135Pune Warriors140020.00
Kieron Pollard  West Indies201920205Mumbai Indians410080.00
Shaun Pollock  South Africa200820084Mumbai Indians310075.00
Darren Sammy  West Indies201420144Sunrisers Hyderabad220050.00
James Hopes  Australia201120113Delhi Daredevils02010.00
Karun Nair  India201720173Delhi Daredevils210066.66
Dwayne Bravo  West Indies201020101Mumbai Indians01000.00
Parthiv Patel  India201120111Kochi Tuskers Kerala01000.00
Ross Taylor  New Zealand201320131Pune Warriors1000100.00
Updated: 5 December 2020[8]

Notes
  1. To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the 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
  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. "Indian Premier League / Records / Most matches as captain". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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  8. "Most Matches as Captain". ESPN Cricinfo. 22 June 2013.
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