IPL: List of Players who have captained IPL franchises

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli
MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

#4 Kolkata Knight Riders

Gambhir was inspirational in his captaincy stint
Gambhir was inspirational in his captaincy stint

Captains: Sourav Ganguly - 2008 - 2010

Brendon McCullum - 2009

Gautam Gambhir - 2011 - 2017

Dinesh Karthik - 2018

Kolkata Knight Riders was one of the most celebrated teams when IPL was started in 2008. Not only it was owned by one of the most popular celebrity, but also saw the return of captain Ganguly. KKR announced that the team will have multiple captains in 2009, but Brendon McCullum captained them for the entire season.

Ganguly came back to captain in 2010. In 2011 the team management spent more than one-fourth of their purse and bought Gautam Gambhir. He captained the team from 2011 to 2017. KKR qualified for the playoffs for the first time under his captaincy in 2011.

He went one step ahead in 2012 and led them to their first title in 2012. KKR went onto win their second title in 2014. The team management surprised everyone by appointing Dinesh Karthik as captain in 2018. He led the team brilliantly despite injury concerns & deprival of resources.

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