In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008.
In the 17 seasons played till 2024, 70 players have captained their team in at least one match. Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings's MS Dhoni are the most successful captains with five IPL titles each. Dhoni also holds the records for most matches (226) and most wins (133) as a captain. Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, and Steven Smith are the only players to have captained three different teams. Shreyas Iyer is the only captain to have led two different sides to the finals of the IPL.
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| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| First | Year of the first IPL match as a captain |
| Last | Year of latest IPL match as a captain |
| Matches | 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 |
| Players who captained their sides in the 2024 season |
Captains
The list includes those players who have captained an IPL team in at least one IPL match. The list is organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by the date of first match as captain..
Notes
denotes players who captained their sides in the 2024 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.
- 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
- Represents the primary nationality as per ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.
References
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