IPL Stats: Most Matches as Captain in IPL history

This has to be the easiest one to figure. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played the most matches as captain in IPL history. Captaincy and Dhoni have gone connected at the hip in the Indian Premier League history. Until 2018, he has played 159 matches as a captain in IPL.

He turned into the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural release and remained in charge of undertakings until 2015. The establishment at that point confronted a 2-year suspension. Dhoni moved to the new establishment Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016. He drove the Pune-based establishment in that year.

In any case, Australia's Steve Smith had his spot in 2017 and it was the first run through Dhoni played as a player and not a captain. CSK returned in 2018 thus did Dhoni as the captain of the yellow unit. Under his administration, CSK has won the IPL title multiple times and furthermore, made it to the end of the season games each season. Obviously, he has the best winning rate among every single other captain.

Gautam Gambhir shows up second on the rundown. The left-hander drove Delhi Daredevils initially however he went to the fore when he assumed control over the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders. The establishment won 2 IPL titles under Gambhir. In 2018, he moved to Delhi Daredevils and drove the side in the principal half. In any case, his own structure, as well as the group's exhibition, declined and thus, he ventured down.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma follow on the rundown who have been prominent captains for a long while of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians individually. While RCB is yet to win a title under Kohli, Rohit has driven MI to 3 titles.

Player	Team	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Winning %
MS Dhoni	CSK, RPS	2008-2019	174	104	69	0	1	60.11
Gautam Gambhir	DD, KKR	2009-2018	129	71	57	1	0	55.42
Virat Kohli	RCB	2011-2019	110	49	55	2	4	47.16
Rohit Sharma	MI	2013-2019	104	60	42	2	0	58.65
Adam Gilchrist	DC, KXIP	2008-2013	74	35	39	0	0	47.29
Shane Warne	RR	2008-2011	55	30	24	1	0	55.45
Virender Sehwag	DD, KXIP	2008-2015	53	28	24	1	0	53.77
Sachin Tendulkar	MI	2008-2011	51	30	21	0	0	58.82
Rahul Dravid	RR, RCB	2008-2013	48	22	26	0	0	45.83
Kumar Sangakkara	DC, KXIP, SRH	2010-2013	47	15	30	2	0	34.04