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MS Dhoni holds the record of most matches and wins as a captain in the IPL. In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. [1] [2] The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, [3] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. [4] [5]
Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,004) and the most centuries made (8) in the league. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played.
[5] [6] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament and the second-best-paying [a] sporting league globally. [7] [8] [9] IPL was established in 2008 [6] and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across India. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals. [10] As of 2024, there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament ...
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the ten teams that are competing in the Indian Premier League. Their current captain is Shreyas Iyer and their coach is Chandrakant Pandit.
Romario Shepherd smashed 32 in the last over of his team’s innings as five-time champion Mumbai Indians secured its first win in the Indian Premier League with a 29-run victory over Delhi ...
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets. [30] Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times). [31] This was 50th win for Kolkata Knight Riders at home in the IPL. [32]
Under his leadership, Mumbai has won the IPL in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020; they also won the former Champions League Twenty20 competition in 2013. [106] Sharma has been one of the most successful players in the IPL as captain since 2013 of the Mumbai Indians, who have won the tournament five times under his leadership.
Sunrisers Hyderabad scored the lowest total in an IPL final. [18] Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 50th wicket in the IPL. [19] Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title. [20] They became the first team to win the IPL under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer). They also set the ...