SPD Smith has been appointed as the captain to lead Rising Pune  in IPL 2017. He becomes the  third  cricketer to lead three teams in IPL. Others are KC Sangakkara {Deccan, Punjab, Sunrisers} and DPMD Jayawardene {Delhi, Punjab, Kochi}. Interestingly enough, all these three cricketers are overseas cricketers

No	Player	Teams
1	KC Sangakkara	Deccan, Punjab, Sunrisers
2	DPMD Jayawardene	Delhi, Punjab, Kochi
3	SPD Smith	Pune, Rajasthan,Ris Pune

SR Watson  has been appointed as the captain to lead Rising Pune  in IPL 2017. He becomes the  13th cricketer to lead two teams in IPL. {Cricketers who have led or going to lead three teams excluded}. The following table lists all the thirteen captains

No	Player	Teams
1	MS Dhoni	Chennai, Rising Pune
2	G Gambhir	Delhi, Kolkata
3	AC Gilchrist	Deccan, Punjab
4	V Sehwag	Delhi, Punjab
5	R Dravid	Rajasthan, Bangalore
6	Yuvraj Singh	Punjab, Pune
7	SC Ganguly	Kolkata, Pune
8	DA Warner	Delhi, Sunrisers
9	SR Watson	Rajasthan, Bangalore
10	SK Raina	Chennai, Gujarat
11	KP Pietersen	Delhi, Bangalore
12	BB McCullum	Gujarat, Kolkata
13	CL White	Deccan, Sunrisers

SR Watson become the sixth overseas cricketer to lead exact two teams in IPL. He also becomes the fourth Australian cricketer to accomplish the feat. Others are – AC Gilchrist, DA Warner and CL White

No	Player	Teams
1	AC Gilchrist	Deccan, Punjab
2	DA Warner	Delhi, Sunrisers
3	SR Watson	Rajasthan, Bangalore
4	KP Pietersen	Delhi, Bangalore
5	BB McCullum	Gujarat, Kolkata
6	CL White	Deccan, Sunrisers

SR Watson is set to become the sixth captain to lead Royal Challengers, Bangalore in IPL games. The following table lists all the six captains

No	Player	Teams
1	V Kohli	Bangalore
2	R Dravid	Bangalore
3	A Kumble	Bangalore
4	DL Vettori	Bangalore
5	SR Watson	Bangalore
6	KP Pietersen	Bangalore

The following table lists the performance of five captains who have led Royal Challengers, Bangalore in IPL games

No	Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	V Kohli	2011-2016	72	36	31	2	3
2	A Kumble	2009-2010	26	15	11	0	0
3	DL Vettori	2011-2012	22	12	10	0	0
4	R Dravid	2008-2008	14	4	10	0	0
5	KP Pietersen	2009-2009	6	2	4	0	0

SR  Watson is set to become the second  captain to lead Rajasthan  and Bangalore teams in IPL after R Dravid. R Dravid first led Bangalore and  then  Rajasthan. SR Watson  has led Rajasthan first and now set to lead Bangalore

No	Player	Teams
1	R Dravid	Rajasthan, Bangalore
2	SR Watson	Rajasthan, Bangalore

SR Watson would become the  third captain to  lead Bangalore and then another team in IPL after R Dravid and KP Pietersen. R Dravid has led Rajasthan and Bangalore while KP Pietersen has led Delhi and Bangalore

No	Player	Teams
1	R Dravid	Rajasthan, Bangalore
2	SR Watson	Rajasthan, Bangalore
3	KP Pietersen	Delhi, Bangalore