8 Captains Who Have Scored A Century In Indian Premier League
TATA IPL 2024: In all the formats of cricket, a captain plays an important role of leading the side. The skipper is the one who makes all the important decisions on and off the field. The leader of the side is also responsible in keeping the environment healthy even when the team is not doing well and losing matches.
A captain should also lead his team by example. He should perform well so that the other members of the side would be inspired. Yesterday, the new skipper of the Yellow Army, Chennai Super Kings side, Ruturaj Gaikwad led the team from the front. He smashed a his second IPL ton and the first century as the skipper of CSK.
Rutu also became the first ever captain from CSK to amass a ton in the Indian Premier League. However that joy was short lived as Chennai couldn’t win the match against Lucknow Super Giants team. Yesterday’s loss was the second back to back for CSK by the hands of the Super Giants side.
Rutu is just the 8th skipper in this cash rich league tournament to amass a ton. Here is the list of all those Indian and Overseas players who have scored a century in the Indian Premier League history as a captain. In the list of eight only two players from the foreign countries have been mentioned and they are from the Aussie nation.
The Captains Who Have Scored More Than Two Centuries In The Indian Premier League -
Virat Kohli -
The King is no more the skipper of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. But he still holds the record of scoring the most tons as a captain in IPL. King Kohli is the permanent cap holder of this tournament. As a skipper of RCB, Kohli has scored five centuries to his name, which is the most by any skipper in this cash rich league tournament.
KL Rahul -
The former skipper of Punjab Kings, which was also know as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) earlier and the current captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), has the second most tons in the Indian Premier League as the leader.
The wicketkeeper skipper has score three centuries in this tournament so far. KL has every chance of coming close to Virat Kohli’s record of five centuries because Rahul is still captaining the side while Kohli isn’t the skipper anymore. A
The Skippers Who Have Scored Just One Century In TATA IPL History –
1. Sachin Tendulkar - 100* Runs Versus Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL 2011 season as the skipper of Mumbai Indians.
2. Virendra Sehwag - 119 runs against Deccan Chargers in IPL 2011 season as the skipper of Delhi Daredevils.
3. Adam Gilchrist - 100* runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2011 season as the skipper of Kings XI Punjab.
4. David Warner - In 2017 IPL season, Warner scored 126 runs as a captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
5. Sanju Samson - 119 Runs versus The Punjab Kings as a skipper of Rajasthan Royals.
6. Ruturaj Gaikwad - 108* runs against Lucknow Super Kings in TATA IPL 2024 season for Chennai Super Kings.