The hustle and bustle regarding the retention of players for IPL 2025 has intensified. Because now only one day is left to release its list. Meanwhile, a shocking news has come to light. In fact, ESPN-Cricinfo has claimed in a video that Kohli has expressed his desire to captain Royal Challengers Bangalore once again in the coming season. The stir has intensified ever since this news came to light. There is no limit to the happiness of RCB fans. At present this is just a claim, it will take time for its truth to emerge. But before this, it is important for RCB fans to know that if this happens, will the team benefit or suffer loss? Let us know what his captaincy records indicate.
Kohli’s captaincy record in IPL
Virat Kohli started participating in IPL from 2011. He has scored a lot of runs in this league, due to which he is counted among the most successful batsmen. But when it comes to captaincy, he lags behind. He got the responsibility of captaincy in 2013 and after being captain for 9 seasons, he left this post in 2021.
During this period, Virat Kohli led the team in 143 matches and he is also the third captain to captain the most number of matches in this league. While Virat was the captain, RCB won 66 out of 143 matches, while facing defeat in 70 and their winning percentage was only 46.15 percent. His team also could not do anything special during 9 seasons. RCB qualified for the playoffs 4 times, played the final once but faced defeat in that too. That means there is not a single trophy in his name.
Kohli is nowhere in front of other captains
If we compare Virat Kohli with the top-5 captains who have captained the most in IPL, he seems far behind. The record of most captaincy in IPL is in the name of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has captained Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Super Giants together in a total of 226 matches. In this, he has won 133 matches, while he has faced defeat in 99 and his winning percentage is 58.84, which is higher than any other captain. Apart from this, he has also made his team win the trophy 5 times.
After Dhoni comes Rohit Sharma’s turn. While captaining in 158 matches, he has won 87 matches and lost 67 matches. His winning percentage is 55.06 and he has also won this trophy 5 times. Whereas Gautam Gambhir, while captaining in 129 matches, has won 71 matches and lost 57. During this period, his winning percentage was 55.03 and Gambhir also made Kolkata Knight Riders the winner of IPL twice. Apart from this, David Warner captained 83 IPL matches and won 40 and lost 41. He made Sunrisers Hyderabad the champion once with a win percentage of 48.19.