IPL is starting from March 28 and before the start of the 19th season, Sunrisers Hyderabad has announced its new captain. Ishan Kishan has been given the command of the team, who will hold the captaincy in the absence of Pat Cummins. Let us tell you that Ishan Kishan is the 11th captain in the history of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Let us tell you how many captains have been made by all the 10 teams of IPL.
Punjab produced the most number of captains
The team that has made the most number of captains in the history of IPL is Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings has appointed 17 captains so far. Punjab has been captained by Yuvraj, Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Gilchrist, David Hussey, George Bailey, Virender Sehwag, David Miller, Murali Vijay, Glenn Maxwell, R Ashwin, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma and Shreyas Iyer.
Delhi Capitals is also not behind
The second team to have the most captains in the IPL is Delhi Capitals, which has Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gabhir, Dinesh Karthik, James Hopes, Jayawardene, Warner, Kevin Pietersen, JP Duminy, Zaheer Khan, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Du Plessis and Axar Patel.
11 captains of Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad has appointed 11 captains in IPL. These include Sangakkara, Cameron White, Shikhar Dhawan, Darren Sammy, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Markram, Cummins and Ishan Kishan.
RCB-Mumbai made so many captains
RCB and Mumbai Indians have appointed 9 captains each. RCB has appointed Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, Virat Kohli, Shane Watson, Du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma as captain. Mumbai Indians made Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Shaun Pollock, Dwayne Bravo, Ricky Ponting, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya as captain.
Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed 8 players including Saurabh Ganguly, McCullum, Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Ajinkya Rahane as captain. Rajasthan Royals have appointed 7 players including Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Dravid, Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson and Ryan Parag as captain. Chennai-Lucknow Have made 4-4 captains. Dhoni, Raina, Jadeja and Gaikwad have captained Chennai. KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Puran and Pant have taken command of Lucknow. Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill have captained Gujarat Titans.