The 16th season of IPL will start on 31st March. Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will face defending champions Gujarat Titans in the first match. The names of the captains of all the teams have been revealed before the tournament. Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday (March 27) stamped the name of Nitish Rana. He will take charge of the team in place of the injured Shreyas Iyer. Nitish will be captain in IPL for the first time. Apart from him, Aiden Markram of Sunrisers Hyderabad will also lead for the first time. In such a situation, we are telling you how much experience the captain of which team has.
The captaincy of Chennai Super Kings is with Mahendra Singh Dhoni since 2008. He handed over the command to Ravindra Jadeja in 2022, but he could not handle the pressure. Jadeja had relinquished the captaincy only after eight matches. After that again Dhoni had to take charge of the team. He has captained 210 matches in the IPL so far. During this, there have been 123 wins and 86 losses. One match did not result. These also include the figures of Rising Pune Supergiants. Dhoni captained Pune in 14 matches in 2016. During this, five were won and nine were defeated.
Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain of the IPL. He has made Mumbai the champion five times. Rohit has captained Mumbai in 143 matches since 2013. During this, they have faced victory in 79 and defeat in 60 matches. Four matches have been tied under his captaincy.
David Warner will captain Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant who was injured in a car accident. He has previously captained Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has captained 69 matches in IPL. During this, there were 35 wins and 32 losses. Two matches were tied. This figure also includes captaincy in two matches for Delhi Daredevils in 2013. Then Warner's team was defeated in both matches.
India's veteran batsman KL Rahul has captained 42 matches of IPL since 2020. He was the captain of the Punjab Kings before Lucknow Supergiants. Rahul has taken command in a total of 42 matches including both teams. He has won in 20 and lost in 20. Under Rahul's captaincy, the Lucknow team reached the playoffs last season.
