IPL 2026 season is going to start from March 28 and once again there will be a competition between 10 captains to see who will lift this beautiful trophy on May 31. One of them is the most successful captain of IPL. If you are wondering whether MS Dhoni or Rohit Sharma has again become the captain of their respective teams, then it is not so. These two legendary captains of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have won the trophy maximum 5 times each, but when it comes to the best winning percentage, both are behind one captain in this matter.
Obviously you must be wondering who is that captain? This is Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer. Yes, IPL Currently, the best record of victory is in the name of Shreyas Iyer. Iyer, who won the IPL title with Kolkata Knight Riders, has captained 3 teams and has reached the finals with all three. Besides, along with all three, he has also got a lot of success on the field and that is why his winning percentage is more than that of stalwarts like Dhoni and Rohit.
Such is the record of Shreyas Iyer
Statistics show that among those who have captained at least 50 matches in IPL, Shreyas Iyer has won 58.82 percent of the matches. Iyer has captained in 87 matches so far and has won 50 of them. The team has faced defeat in 35 matches and 2 matches have been inconclusive. Sachin Tendulkar is at second place in this matter, whose win percentage like Iyer is 58.82 but he has captained only 51 matches. In this matter, Dhoni is at third place with 58.36 percent and Rohit is at fifth place with 56.32 percent. Shane Warne (56.36) is on fourth place.
Iyer eyes second title
Now in this season, Iyer will enter with the intention of further improving his record and winning the title. The team’s first match is against Gujarat Titans on 31 March. Last season, while captaining Punjab Kings for the first time, Iyer took the team to the finals but missed the title. This was the third consecutive team which he had taken close to the title. Earlier, he had taken Delhi Capitals to the finals of IPL 2020. Then Kolkata Knight Riders returned after winning the title in IPL 2024. This time he would like to end Punjab’s title drought.