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Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings's MS Dhoni are the most successful captains with five IPL titles each. [7] [8] Dhoni also holds the records for most matches (226) and most wins (133) as a captain. [9] [6] Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, and Steven Smith are the only players to have captained three different teams.
The inaugural season of the IPL was held in 2008, and the tournament has been held annually in India [a] ever since. [1] Currently, ten teams compete for the championship. [3] Since the league's inception, seven teams have won the title, with the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) both securing five titles each.
[16] [17] In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). [18] While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match, the losing team gets another chance to qualify for the final match by playing the winning team of the ...
Dhoni led the team from 2008 to 2023 and is one of the most successful captains in the IPL, having led the Super Kings to ten finals of which the team has won five. [83] [178] In 2022, Jadeja was appointed as the captain succeeding Dhoni but handed the captaincy back to Dhoni after a poor start to the IPL season. [179]
The 2022 season of the IPL offered total prize money of ₹ 46.5 crore (equivalent to ₹ 49 crore or US$5.8 million in 2023), with the winning team netting ₹ 20 crore (equivalent to ₹ 21 crore or US$2.5 million in 2023) and the second-placed team ₹ 13 crore (equivalent to ₹ 14 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023).
[5] [6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams. On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's . [ 7 ]
Most runs in a single edition of IPL (973 runs in 2016). [173] Only player to be involved in three double-century plus stands, two times with AB de Villiers and once with Chris Gayle. [174] Most runs against Delhi Capitals (1,030). [175] Most hundreds in the league (8) [176] and in a single season (4) [173]
He plays for Mumbai Indians and Mumbai cricket team in Indian Premier League (IPL) and domestic cricket respectively. He formerly captained Mumbai Indians and the team has won 5 Indian Premier League titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 under him, making him the most successful captain in IPL history, sharing this record with MS Dhoni.