IPL: List of Players who have captained IPL franchises

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli
MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

#3 Kings XI Punjab

Ashwin's captaincy will again be noticed in 2019
Ashwin's captaincy will again be noticed in 2019

Captains: Yuvraj Singh - 2008 - 2009

Kumar Sangakkara - 2010

Mahela Jayawardena - 2010

Adam Gilchrist - 2011 - 2013

David Hussey - 2012 - 2013

George Bailey - 2014 - 2015

Virender Sehwag - 2015

David Miller - 2016

Murali Vijay - 2016

Glenn Maxwell - 2017

Ravichandran Ashwin - 2018

Kings XI Punjab is the team with most captains in IPL history. They have had 11 captains in 11 seasons of IPL. Yuvraj Singh with the icon player status was the captain for first two seasons. Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara captained in 2010.

Adam Gilchrist then led the franchise from 2011 - 2013. After failing to make a big impact in any of the seasons, the management went to buy impact players in 2014 auctions. Australian George Bailey led the team to finals in 2014.

But they are in a downfall post that as players like David Miller, Murali Vijay and Glenn Maxwell in parts but couldn't change the fortunes. Ravichandran Ashwin was asked to captain the side in 2018.

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