IPL Team Captain List 2024, Best IPL Team Captain

Indian Premier League has turned out to be a great game-changer when it comes to cricket not only in India but all over the world. After its successful campaign, cricket leagues started to grow all over but still, it is one of the biggest cricket stages where players can learn, showcase their skills, and make a successful career in this sport.

This blog will analyze the current IPL Team Captain List 2024 discussing their stats in the competition, the Best IPL Team Captain of all time, his stats, and his contribution to the team’s success in IPL History.

IPL Team Captain List 2024

Here is the IPL Team Captain List 2024 and stats, which is set to kickstart on March 22, 2024.

Team	Captain	Match	Win	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L ratio
Mumbai Indians	Hardik Pandya	31	22	9	0	0	2.44
Chennai Super Kings	MS Dhoni	226	133	91	0	2	1.46
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Faf du Plessis	27	14	13	0	0	1.08
Lucknow Super Giants	KL Rahul	51	25	24	2	0	1.04
Kolkata Knight Riders	Shreyas Iyer	55	27	26	2	0	1.04
Rajasthan Royals	Sanju Samson	45	22	23	0	0	0.96
Gujrat Titans	Shubman Gill	0	0	0	0	0	-
Delhi Capitals	Rishabh Pant	30	16	13	1	0	1.23
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Pat Cummins	0	0	0	0	0	-
Punjab Kings	Shikhar Dhawan	22	8	14	0	0	0.57

Gujrat Titans have appointed Shubhmann Gill as their new captain who will be leading the team for the very first time in his IPL Career. He replaced Hardik Pandya who was tarded to Mumbai Indians after the auction in 2024.

Similarly, after two disappointing seasons, Sunrisers Hyderabad has changed their captain also and this year Australian Great, Patrick James Cummins will be captaining the side. He led Australia to World Test Championship and ODI World Cup trophies recently and his influence will be unmatchable Sunrisers management hopes he can be worthy of his price tag and bring the championship to home after 8 years.

Another key addition to the IPL Team Captain List 2024 is Rishabh Pant. The left-hander explosive wicketkeeper-batsman missed the last year's IPL due to an injury suffered from a fatal car accident. It took almost 15 months for Rishabh to recover from that accident injuries and get back onto the field. He will be leading the Delhi Capitals in 2024 IPl and this is a massive boost for a team who have been performing poorly in the last few seasons.

Mahindra Singh Dhoni - Best IPL Team Captain

Talking about the Best IPL Team Captain, Mahindra Singh Dhoni is ultimately the greatest of all time and led his team to almost playoffs every season. 5 Ipl trophies and 2 Champions League trophies are living proof of what he has done as a captain of the Chennai Super Kings and Pune Super Giants.

After winning the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup, Mahindra Singh Dhoni was a hot favorite of every team in the IPL auction in 2008 and Chennai Super Kings picked him as the most expensive player in that auction.

Matches as Captain	Span	Won	Loss	Win %	Achievements
226	2008 - present	133	91	58.84	5 Times IPL champion (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023) 2 Times Champions League Winner (2010, 2014) Runner Up 4 Times with CSK (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019) and 1 time with RPS (2017)

During the 2016 and 2017 IPL seasons, Chennai Super Kings were banned from the IPL Core committee and MS Dhoni captained new side Rising Pune Super Giants. In 2016, they were knocked out on the earlier stage but in 2017, RPS reached the final of the competition and lost to Mumbai Indians by just 1 run. Besides this, MS Dhnoi also led Chennai Super Kings to 9 IPL finals where they won 5 and lost in 4 IPl finals.

What Makes MS Dhoni the Best IPL Team Captain?

These stats truly define what MS Dhoni is as a captain. He is also called Caoatin Cool due to his calm behavior on the field even in tense situations. Dhoni understands franchise cricket very deeply and knows the dimensions of the game very effectively. It’s famous for him that whatever he touches, turns into gold.

The right use bowler in specific situations of the match, the shuffling in the batting order after analyzing the match nerve, strike rotation while batting, field placement according to bowler strength, and giving full confidence to the players to give their maximum on the field are the major traits of MS Dhoni that make him a best IPL captain ever.

This might be his last IPL season as a player and captain of Chennai Super Kings for MS Dhoni and he is currently on the top of the IPL Team Captain List 2024 with the highest success ratio.

MS Dhoni Stats with Chennai Super Kings in IPL

MS Dhoni	Data
Matches Played	250
Runs Scored	5082
Highest Score	84* (not out) vs RCB, 2019
Centuries	0
Half-Centuries (Fifties)	22
Sixes	239
Fours	349
Innings as Wicketkeeper	243
Dismissals	180
Catches Taken	138
Stumpings	42

MS Dhoni's Captaincy Record Against All IPL Teams

Here is the list of captaincy records against each IPL team against whom the Best IPL team captain, MS Dhoni has played.

Versus	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Winning %
Delhi Capitals	30	20	10	0	0	66.67
Mumbai Indians	36	16	20	0	0	44.44
Sunrisers Hyderabad	19	15	4	0	0	78.95
Royal Cahllenegrs Bangalore	31	19	11	0	1	63.33
Kolkata Knight Riders	29	18	11	0	0	62.07
Rajasthan Royals	28	15	13	0	0	53.57
Punjab Kings	27	16	11	0	0	59.26
Gujrat Titans	4	2	2	0	0	50
Lucknow Super Giants	2	1	0	0	1	100
Deccan Chargers	10	6	4	0	0	60
Pune Warriors India	6	4	2	0	0	66.67
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	1	1	0	0	50
Gujarat Lions	2	0	2	0	0	0