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Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2025 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – Ruturaj Gaikwad
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – KL Rahul
- ⚡ Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Venkatesh Iyer
- 🔥 Lucknow Super Giants – Rishabh Pant
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya
- 🔴 Punjab Kings – Shreyas Iyer
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Pat Cummins
All IPL Team Captains 2024
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Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2024 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – David Warner (Rishabh Pant was recovering from injury.)
- ⚡ Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Shreyas Iyer
- 🔥 Lucknow Super Giants – KL Rahul
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya
- 🔴 Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Faf du Plessis
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Aiden Markram
All IPL Team Captains 2023
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2023 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – David Warner (Rishabh Pant was injured)
- ⚡ Gujarat Titans – Hardik Pandya
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Nitish Rana (Shreyas Iyer was injured)
- 🔥 Lucknow Super Giants – KL Rahul (Krunal Pandya led after Rahul’s injury)
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Faf du Plessis
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Aiden Markram
All IPL Team Captains 2022
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2022 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – Ravindra Jadeja (later replaced by MS Dhoni)
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – Rishabh Pant
- ⚡ Gujarat Titans – Hardik Pandya
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Shreyas Iyer
- 🔥 Lucknow Super Giants – KL Rahul
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Punjab Kings – Mayank Agarwal
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Faf du Plessis
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kane Williamson
All IPL Team Captains 2021
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2021 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – Rishabh Pant (stood in for injured Shreyas Iyer)
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Eoin Morgan
- 🔥 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- ⚡ Punjab Kings – KL Rahul
- 🟠 Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
- 🔴 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🔥 Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner (replaced mid-season by Kane Williamson)
All IPL Team Captains 2020
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2020 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – Shreyas Iyer
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Dinesh Karthik (replaced mid-season by Eoin Morgan)
- 🔥 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- ⚡ Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) – KL Rahul
- 🟠 Rajasthan Royals – Steve Smith
- 🔴 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🔥 Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner
All IPL Team Captains 2019
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2019 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Capitals – Shreyas Iyer
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Dinesh Karthik
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) – Ravichandran Ashwin
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane (replaced mid-season by Steve Smith)
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kane Williamson (Bhuvneshwar Kumar led a few matches in his absence)
All IPL Team Captains 2018
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2018 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Gautam Gambhir (replaced mid-season by Shreyas Iyer)
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Dinesh Karthik
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Ravichandran Ashwin
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane (replaced suspended Steve Smith)
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kane Williamson (replaced suspended David Warner)
All IPL Team Captains 2017
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2017 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – Did not participate (CSK was suspended in 2016 & 2017)
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Zaheer Khan
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Glenn Maxwell
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Did not participate (RR was suspended in 2016 & 2017)
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli (missed initial matches, Shane Watson led in his absence)
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner
- ⚡ Gujarat Lions – Suresh Raina
- 🏏 Rising Pune Supergiant – Steve Smith (replaced MS Dhoni as captain)
Note: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, and they were replaced by Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant.
All IPL Team Captains 2016
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2016 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – Did not participate (CSK was suspended in 2016 & 2017)
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Zaheer Khan
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – David Miller (replaced mid-season by Murali Vijay)
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Did not participate (RR was suspended in 2016 & 2017)
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner
- ⚡ Gujarat Lions – Suresh Raina
- 🏏 Rising Pune Supergiants – MS Dhoni
Note: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, and they were replaced by Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants.
All IPL Team Captains 2015
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2015 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – JP Duminy
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – George Bailey
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Watson (Steve Smith led in a few matches)
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner
All IPL Team Captains 2014
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2014 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Kevin Pietersen (Dinesh Karthik led some matches in his absence)
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – George Bailey
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Watson
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Shikhar Dhawan (replaced mid-season by Darren Sammy)
All IPL Team Captains 2013
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2013 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Mahela Jayawardene
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Ricky Ponting (replaced mid-season by Rohit Sharma)
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Adam Gilchrist
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Rahul Dravid
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli
- 🟠 Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kumar Sangakkara (replaced mid-season by Cameron White)
- ⚡ Pune Warriors India – Angelo Mathews (Aaron Finch and Ross Taylor also captained in some matches)
All IPL Team Captains 2012
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2012 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Virender Sehwag
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Harbhajan Singh
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Adam Gilchrist (David Hussey led in his absence)
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Rahul Dravid
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Daniel Vettori (Virat Kohli led a few matches)
- 🟠 Deccan Chargers – Kumar Sangakkara (Cameron White led in some matches)
- ⚡ Pune Warriors India – Sourav Ganguly
All IPL Team Captains 2011
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2011 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Virender Sehwag
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Sachin Tendulkar
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Adam Gilchrist
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Warne
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Daniel Vettori
- 🟠 Deccan Chargers – Kumar Sangakkara
- ⚡ Pune Warriors India – Yuvraj Singh
- 🏏 Kochi Tuskers Kerala – Mahela Jayawardene
Note: 2011 was the debut season for Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, making it a 10-team tournament.
All IPL Team Captains 2010
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2010 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Gautam Gambhir
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Sourav Ganguly
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Sachin Tendulkar
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Kumar Sangakkara (Yuvraj Singh led some matches)
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Warne
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Anil Kumble
- 🟠 Deccan Chargers – Adam Gilchrist
All IPL Team Captains 2009
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the 2009 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Virender Sehwag
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Brendon McCullum (replaced Sourav Ganguly as captain)
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Sachin Tendulkar
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Yuvraj Singh
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Warne
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Kevin Pietersen (Anil Kumble took over mid-season)
- 🟠 Deccan Chargers – Adam Gilchrist (replaced VVS Laxman as full-time captain)
Note: IPL 2009 was played in South Africa due to the general elections in India.
All IPL Team Captains 2008
Here are the captains of all IPL teams for the inaugural 2008 season:
- 🦁 Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni
- 🔵 Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) – Virender Sehwag
- 🟣 Kolkata Knight Riders – Sourav Ganguly
- 💙 Mumbai Indians – Sachin Tendulkar (Harbhajan Singh and Shaun Pollock led in his absence)
- 🔴 Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) – Yuvraj Singh
- 👑 Rajasthan Royals – Shane Warne
- 🔥 Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rahul Dravid
- 🟠 Deccan Chargers – VVS Laxman (Adam Gilchrist took over mid-season)
Note: Rajasthan Royals, under Shane Warne’s captaincy, won the first-ever IPL trophy in 2008.
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