The sixteenth version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is about to get underway on March 31. All the teams have now formally introduced their captains with the newest being Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) whose common skipper Shreyas Iyer is kind of dominated out of all the season. But there have been cases when the franchises needed to change their captain halfway via the season for some or the opposite purpose. In that course of, just a few unlikely players have been made the skipper of the crew. Here’s an inventory of such players you don’t know who led an IPL crew over the past 15 editions
1. Murali Vijay
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Murali Vijay is majorly identified for his wonderful report within the knockouts whereas enjoying for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). But he was with the Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) in 2016. The franchise had named David Miller as their skipper for the season however sacked him halfway after the crew misplaced 5 out of first six video games. Murali Vijay was then appointed the captain of the facet for the remainder of the season. But that did not change Punjab’s fortunes as they completed on the backside of the desk with solely 4 wins in 14 matches.
2. Karun Nair
This shall be an enormous shock for a lot of. Yes, Karun Nair has led an IPL crew again in 2017 when he was with the Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils). The unique skipper Zaheer Khan bought injured in the course of the match and the administration determined to go forward with Karun Nair because the stand-in captain regardless of his poor report till then. Nair had scored 17 runs in six innings earlier than he was trusted to take over the cost from Zaheer on a brief foundation. Nevertheless, Nair did an honest job with Delhi profitable two and dropping one within the three matches he led the facet.
Manish Pandey grew to become a family title again in 2009 when he smashed a century whereas enjoying for RCB. He grew to become the primary Indian participant to cross the three-figure mark within the cash-rich league. However, through the years, his huge potential hasn’t became one thing large on the worldwide degree and even within the IPL. Pandey was thought-about the subsequent large factor in Indian cricket however he’s at present out of reckoning within the Indian crew as nicely. In this case, Pandey main a crew comes as an enormous shock for a lot of as he was the captain of SRH in a single sport throughout IPL 2021. Kane Williamson had opted to relaxation in that sport whereas vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar was additionally unfit and therefore, Pandey stepped in to fill the position within the sport in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
