AM Rahane became the 43^rd cricketer to lead a team in Indian Premier League when he captained Rising Pune Supergiant against Delhi Daredevils at MCA-Pune. AM Rahane was leading Rising Pune s in place of  its regular  captain  SPD Smith who could not take the field due to a bad stomach.

 

AM Rahane became the third captain to lead Rising Pune Supergiant after MS Dhoni and SPD Smith. AM Rahane became the 31^st captain to lead a team against Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier League. The following table lists the captains with their performances

 

No	Player	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Teams
1	MS Dhoni	17	12	5	0	0	Chennai, Rising Pune
2	G Gambhir	12	8	4	0	0	Kolkata
3	AC Gilchrist	11	6	5	0	0	Deccan, Punjab
4	V Kohli	9	6	1	1	1	Bangalore
5	KC Sangakkara	8	4	4	0	0	Deccan, Punjab, Sunrisers
6	SK Warne	8	4	4	0	0	Rajasthan
7	SR Tendulkar	7	4	3	0	0	Mumbai
8	R Dravid	6	2	4	0	0	Rajasthan,Bangalore
9	RG Sharma	6	3	3	0	0	Mumbai
10	Yuvraj Singh	6	3	2	0	1	Punjab ,Pune
11	SC Ganguly	5	3	2	0	0	Kolkata,Pune
12	GJ Bailey	4	2	2	0	0	Punjab
13	DA Warner	4	1	3	0	0	Sunrisers
14	A Kumble	3	1	2	0	0	Bangalore
15	SK Raina	3	2	1	0	0	Chennai, Gujarat
16	SR Watson	3	3	0	0	0	Rajasthan, Bangalore
17	S Dhawan	2	2	0	0	0	Sunrisers
18	AJ Finch	2	1	1	0	0	Pune
19	Harbhajan Singh	2	0	2	0	0	Mumbai
20	DPMD Jayawardene	2	1	1	0	0	Kochi
21	BB McCullum	2	0	2	0	0	Kolkata
22	RT Ponting	2	1	1	0	0	Mumbai
23	SPD Smith	2	2	0	0	0	Rajasthan
24	DL Vettori	2	2	0	0	0	Bangalore
25	DJ Hussey	1	0	1	0	0	Punjab
26	VVS Laxman	1	0	1	0	0	Deccan
27	DA Miller	1	0	1	0	0	Punjab
28	KP Pietersen	1	0	1	0	0	Bangalore
29	SM Pollock	1	1	0	0	0	Mumbai
30	AM Rahane	1*	0	0	0	0	Rising Pune
31	M Vijay	1	1	0	0	0	Punjab