Captains who have won IPL: Full list of skippers who have won the Indian Premier League

05-26-2024
4 min read
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One of the biggest cricketing leagues in the world, the Indian premier League (IPL) has concluded its 2024 edition on Sunday, May 26 as the Kokata Knight Riders (KKR) took on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Both teams had a fantastic run of form throughout the 2024 IPL season. SRH have been the prime reason behind the batting revolution that the league has witnessed, while KKR have worked as a rigid unit without any loose ends throughout. 

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Skippers of both the teams, Shreyas Iyer (KKR) and Pat Cummins (SRH) did a commendable job in leading their teams to the final. But it was Shreyas Iyer who emerged triumphant and became only the fifth Indian player to lift the IPL trophy.

The Sporting News takes a look at all the IPL winning captains along with the ones to have won the prestigious title the most number of times. 

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List of IPL title winning captains 

Year Winning Team Captain
2008 Rajasthan Royals Shane Warne
2009  Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist
2010 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni
2011 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni
2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir
2013 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma
2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir
2015 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma
2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad  David Warner
2017 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma
2018 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni
2019 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma
2020 Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma
2021 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni
2022 Gujarat Titans Hardik Pandya
2023 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni
2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer

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Most Successful IPL Captains

Two teams and two captains that have dominated the IPL since its inception have been Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians with MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma respectively. The two have shared 10 IPL titles among themselves, followed by the others.

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Captain Number of Titles Team Year
Rohit Sharma 5 MI 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
MS Dhoni 5 CSK 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023
Gautam Gambhir 2 KKR 2012, 2014
David Warner SRH 2016
Adam Gilchrist 1 DCH 2009
Shane Warne RR 2008
Hardik Pandya 1 GT 2023
Shreyas Iyer 1 KKR 2024