Misbah-ul-Haq becomes the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score ninety nine on three occasions

Misbah-ul-Haq becomes the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score ninety nine on three occasions

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents the 14th occasion of a captain scoring ninety-nine in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 NWD Yardley 99 3 Eng SAF Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
2 ER Dexter 99 4 Eng Aus Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
3 Majid Khan 99 1 Pak Eng Karachi 24 Mar 1973
4 MA Atherton 99 1 Eng SAF Leeds 04 Aug 1994
5 Saleem Malik 99 2 Pak SAF Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
6 SP Fleming 99 3 NZl SAF Bloemfontein 17 Nov 2000
7 SC Ganguly 99 3 Ind Eng Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
8 SM Pollock 99* 2 SAF Srl Centurion 15 Nov 2002
9 RT Ponting 99 3 Aus SAF Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
10 DL Vettori 99 1 NZl Pak Dunedin 24 Nov 2009
11 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
12 MS Dhoni 99 2 Ind Eng Nagpur 13 Dec 2012
13 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
14 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak Win Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents the fourth occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring ninety-nine in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Saleem Malik 99 2 Pak SAF Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
3 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
4 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak Win Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents the second occasion of a captain scoring ninety-nine in a test innings against West Indies. Both the occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak Win Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents the third occasion of his scoring ninety-nine in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. Misbah-ul-Haq is the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score ninety nine on three occasions

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
2 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 Pak Win Kingston 21 Apr 2017
3 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 Pak Win Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017
Pakistan batsmen scoring ninetynine in a test innings

Pakistan batsmen scoring ninetynine in a test innings

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents the 90th occasion of a batsman scoring ninety-nine in a test innings. It also provides the 12th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring ninetynine in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Maqsood Ahmed 99 1 v India Lahore 29 Jan 1955
2 Majid Khan 99 1 v England Karachi 24 Mar 1973
3 Mushtaq Mohammad 99 1 v England Karachi 24 Mar 1973
4 Javed Miandad 99 2 v India Bengaluru 14 Sep 1983
5 Saleem Malik 99 2 v England Leeds 02 Jul 1987
6 Saleem Malik 99 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
7 Aamer Sohail 99 3 v Australia Brisbane 09 Nov 1995
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq 99 3 v Sri Lanka Lahore 06 Mar 2002
9 Asim Kamal 99 2 v South Africa Lahore 17 Oct 2003
10 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 v New Zealand Wellington 15 Jan 2011
11 Misbah-ul-Haq 99* 2 v West Indies Kingston 21 Apr 2017
12 Misbah-ul-Haq 99 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017

 

Misbah-ul-Haq’s distinction – becomes the first captain to score nineties on five occasions in the annals of test cricket

Misbah-ul-Haq’s distinction – becomes the first captain to score nineties on five occasions in the annals of test cricket

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 99 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Bridgetown. This knock represents his fifth ninety as captain. He became the first captain in the annals of test cricket to score five nineties. He went past MS Dhoni of India, SP Fleming of New Zealand and GS Sobers of West Indies who had scored four nineties while leading their respective teams. The following table lists the performance of these four captains

Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date           
1 99 5 2 v New Zealand Wellington 15 Jan 2011
2 97 5 3 v Sri Lanka Dubai (DSC) 08 Jan 2014
3 96 5 1 v West Indies Abu Dhabi 21 Oct 2016
4 99* 5 2 v West Indies Kingston 21 Apr 2017
5 99 5 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 30 Apr 2017
MS Dhoni of India
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date           
1 92 8 1 v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
2 98 7 2 v New Zealand Nagpur 20 Nov 2010
3 90 8 3 v South Africa Centurion 16 Dec 2010
4 99 6 2 v England Nagpur 13 Dec 2012
SP Fleming of New Zealand
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date           
1 91 4 2 v Australia Brisbane 07 Nov 1997
2 99 4 3 v South Africa Bloemfontein 17 Nov 2000
3 97 3 1 v England Leeds 03 Jun 2004
4 97 4 2 v West Indies Wellington 17 Mar 2006
GS Sobers of West Indies
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date           
1 94 6 3 v England Nottingham 30 Jun 1966
2 95 7 2 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1967
3 95* 5 3 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
4 93 5 3 v India Kingston 18 Feb 1971
Pakistan batsmen batting at number three and four scoring ducks in a test innings

Pakistan batsmen batting at number three and four scoring ducks in a test innings

In the ongoing test between West Indies and  Pakistan at Bridgetown, Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Younis Khan failed to score to provide the 55th occasion of batsmen batting at number three and four scoring ducks in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the eighth occasion of Pakistan batsmen accomplishing such a dubious feat. All such occasions are listed below

Note : *denotes captain

 

No Team Inns Opposition Ground Season Pos Batsman Runs
1 Pakistan 3 England The Oval 1967 3 Saeed Ahmed 0
            4 Majid Khan 0
                 
2 Pakistan 4 England Lord’s 1992 3 Asif Mujtaba 0
            4 *Javed Miandad 0
                 
3 Pakistan 4 South Africa Faisalabad 1997/98 3 *Saeed Anwar 0
            4 Ijaz Ahmed 0
                 
4 Pakistan 3 Australia Rawalpindi 1998/99 3 Mohd Wasim 0
            4 Inzamam-ul-Haq 0
                 
5 Pakistan 1 India Karachi 2005/06 3 *Younis Khan 0
            4 Mohd Yousuf 0
                 
6 Pakistan 1 Sri Lanka Pallekele 2012 3 Azhar Ali 0
            4 Younis Khan 0
                 
7 Pakistan 3 West Indies Sharjah 2016/17 3 Asad Shafiq 0
            4 Younis Khan 0
                 
8 Pakistan 2 West Indies Bridgetown 2017 3 Babar Azam 0
            4 Younis Khan 0

 

How the teams have fared in IPL 2017 – Points table as of 03.05.17

How the teams have fared in IPL 2017 – Points table as of 03.05.17

Points Table as of 03.05.2017
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied NR Pts Net RR For Against
Mumbai Indians 10 8 2 0 0 16 +0.427 1661/192.1 1642/199.5
Kolkata Knight Riders 11 7 4 0 0 14 +0.725 1853/205.4 1802/217.3
Rising Pune Supergiant 11 7 4 0 0 14 -0.123 1793/219.0 1788/215.1
Sunrisers Hyderabad 11 6 4 0 1 13 +0.659 1787/195.3 1678/197.5
Kings XI Punjab 09 4 5 0 0 8 +0.228 1410/161.2 1464/172.0
Delhi Daredevils 09 3 6 0 0 6 -0.094 1423/179.1 1318/164.0
Gujarat Lions 10 3 7 0 0 6 -0.323 1657/190.1 1714/189.4
Royal Challengers Bangalore 11 2 8 0 1 5 -1.441 1407/200.0 1585/187.0

 

POINTS BY MATCH:
Result date Team Pts Team Pts
05 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 RCB 0
06 Apr 2017 Supergiant 2 Mum Indians 0
07 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Guj Lions 0
08 Apr 2017 Kings XI 2 Supergiant 0
08 Apr 2017 RCB 2 Daredevils 0
09 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 Guj Lions 0
09 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 KKR 0
10 Apr 2017 Kings XI 2 RCB 0
11 Apr 2017 Daredevils 2 Supergiant 0
12 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 Sunrisers 0
13 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Kings XI 0
14 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 RCB 0
14 Apr 2017 Guj Lions 2 Supergiant 0
15 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Sunrisers 0
15 Apr 2017 Daredevils 2 Kings XI 0
16 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 Guj Lions 0
16 Apr 2017 Supergiant 2 RCB 0
17 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Daredevils 0
17 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 Kings XI 0
18 Apr 2017 RCB 2 Guj Lions 0
19 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 Daredevils 0
20 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 Kings XI 0
21 Apr 2017 Guj Lions 2 KKR 0
22 Apr 2017 Supergiant 2 Sunrisers 0
22 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 Daredevils 0
23 Apr 2017 Kings XI 2 Guj Lions 0
23 Apr 2017 KKR 2 RCB 0
24 Apr 2017 Supergiant 2 Mum Indians 0
25 Apr 2017 RCB 1 Sunrisers 1
26 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Supergiant 0
27 Apr 2017 Guj Lions 2 RCB 0
28 Apr 2017 KKR 2 Daredevils 0
28 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 Kings XI 0
29 Apr 2017 Supergiant 2 RCB 0
29 Apr 2017 Mum Indians 2 Guj Lions 0
30 Apr 2017 Kings XI 2 Daredevils 0
29 Apr 2017 Sunrisers 2 KKR 0
01 May 2017 Mum Indians 2 RCB 0
01 May 2017 Supergiant 2 Guj Lions 0
02 May 2017 Daredevils 2 Sunrisers 0
03 May 2017 Supergiant 2 KKR 0

Win – 2 points : No Result – 1 point : Tied – 1 point : *** Tied (where it was not possible to complete a Super Over at the end of play or where the Super Over itself is tied)

Batsmen scoring nineties in an innings in the Indian Premier League – RA Tripathi joins the list

Batsmen scoring nineties in an innings in the Indian Premier League – RA Tripathi joins the list

RA Tripathi of Rising Pune scored 93 against Kolkata at Kolkata on 03.05.17 to provide the 40th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 V Sehwag 94* 41 10 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
2 KC Sangakkara 94 56 13 1 Punjab Mumbai Mohali 25.04.08
3 SC Ganguly 91 57 11 5 Kolkata Deccan Hyd-RGS 11.05.08
4 GC Smith 91 51 09 4 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 24.05.08
5 SK Raina 98 55 10 5 Chennai Rajasthan Centurion 30.04.09
6 ML Hayden 93 43 09 7 Chennai Delhi Delhi 19.03.10
7 NV Ojha 94* 55 08 6 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 03.04.10
8 M Jayawardene 93* 62 13 2 Punjab Deccan Dharamsala 16.04.10
9 SE Marsh 95 46 09 6 Punjab Delhi Delhi 23.04.11
10 S Dhawan 95* 57 14 1 Deccan Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
11 M Vijay 95 52 04 6 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
12 AM Rahane 98 66 16 1 Rajasthan Punjab Jaipur 06.04.12
13 G Gambhir 93 51 09 5 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 28.04.12
14 SR Watson 90* 51 10 4 Rajasthan Pune Pune 08.05.12
15 CH Gayle 92* 58 11 5 Bangalore Mumbai Bangahlore 04.04.13
16 V Kohli 93* 47 11 4 Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 09.04.13
17 V Sehwag 95* 57 13 2 Delhi Mumbai Delhi 21.04.13
18 SR Watson 98* 53 13 4 Rajasthan Sunrisers Jaipur 27.04.13
19 MEK Hussey 95 59 11 2 Chennai Kolkata Chennai 28.04.13
20 MS Bisla 92 61 14 2 Kolkata Chennai Chennai 28.04.13
21 SK Raina 99* 52 11 3 Chennai Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 08.05.13
22 V Kohli 99 58 10 4 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 10.05.13
23 GJ Maxwell 95 43 15 2 Punjab Cnennai Abu Dhabi 18.04.14
24 GJ Maxwell 95 43 05 9 Punjab Sunrisers Sharjah 22.04.14
25 GJ Maxwell 90 38 06 8 Punjab Chennai Cuttack 07.05.14
26 DA Warner 90 45 12 3 Sunrisers Chennai Ranchi 22.05.14
27 CJ Anderson 95* 44 09 6 Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai 25.05.14
28 MK Pandey 94 50 07 6 Kolkata Punjab Bangalore 01.06.14
29 RG Sharma 98* 65 12 4 Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
30 CH Gayle 96 56 07 7 Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 11.04.15
31 DA Warner 91 55 09 4 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
32 AM Rahane 91* 54 09 1 Rajasthan Delhi Mum-BS 03.05.15
33 G Gambhir 90* 60 13 1 Kolkata Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 16.04.16
34 DA Warner 90* 59 07 4 Sunrisers Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.04.16
35 DA Warner 92 50 09 5 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 30.04.16
36 HM Amla 96 56 14 2 Punjab Sunrisers Mohali 15.05.16
37 DA Warner 93* 58 11 3 Sunrisers Gujarat Delhi 27.05.16
38 CA Lynn 93* 41 06 8 Kolkata Gujarat Rajkot 07.04.17
39 M Vohra 95 50 09 5 Punjab Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 17.04.17
40 RA Tripathi 93 41 06 7 Ris Pune Kolkata Kolkata 03.05.17

RA Tripathi became the first Rising Pune batsman to score a ninety in the tournament and his knock provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. All the four occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 RG Sharma 98* 65 12 4 Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
2 CH Gayle 96 56 07 7 Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 11.04.15
3 DA Warner 91 55 09 4 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
4 RA Tripathi 93 41 06 7 Ris Pune Kolkata Kolkata 03.05.17

Eden Gardens, Kolkata has witnessed four occasion of a batsman scoring an ninety in  the Indian Premier Leauge. All the four occasions are furnished below.

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir 93 51 09 5 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 28.04.12
2 RG Sharma 98* 65 12 4 Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
3 CH Gayle 96 56 07 7 Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 11.04.15
4 RA Tripathi 93 41 06 7 Ris Pune Kolkata Kolkata 03.05.17

 

Hit wicket dismissals in the Indian Premier League – SP Jackson is the new additon to the list

Hit wicket dismissals in the Indian Premier League – SP Jackson is the new additon to the list

Sheldon Philip Jackson

SP Jackson of Kolkata was dismissed hit wicket for 10 against Rising Pune at Kolkata on 03.05.17 to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed hit  wicket in the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Batsman Bowler Runs Team Opposition Ground Date
1 MA Khote b S Sreesanth 08 Mumbai Punjab Mohali 25.04.08
2 Misbah-ul-Haq b S Sreesanth 21 Bangalore Punjab Mohali 12.05.08
3 SA Asnodkar b M Morkel 10 Rajasthan Chennai Centurion 30.04.09
4 RA Jadeja b DWSteyn 48 Chenai Deccan Vizag 07.04.12
5 SS Tiwary b Harbhajan Singh 21 Bangalore Mumbai Bangalore 14.05.12
6 Yuvraj Singh b MJ McClenaghan 39 Sunrisers Mumbai Vizag 08.05.16
7 DJ Hooda b Coulter-Nile 10 Sunrisers Delhi Hyd-RGS 12.05.16
8 DA Warner b AR Patel 52 Sunrisers Punjab Mohali 15.05.16
9 SP Jackson b W Sundar 10 Kolkata Ris Pune Kolkata 03.05.17

He also earned the distinction of becoming the first wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in the history of the Indian Premier League. He kept wickets in this game in the absence of Kolkata’s regular wicket keeper RV Uthappa who was injured in the previous game

DA Warner’s feat – occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary fours in the history of T20 games

DA Warner’s feat – occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary fours in the history of T20 games

DA Warner scored four boundary fours in his knock of 30 in the match between Sunrisers and Delhi at Delhi  on 02.05.17 which fetched him an aggregate of 739 boundary fours in T20 games.  He now occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary fours in the history ofT20 games. The first place is occupied by CH Gayle who has scored 771 boundary fours.  DA Warner is one of the five batsmen who have scored 700 boundary fours in the history of T20 games

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s
1 CH Gayle 292 287 37 10089 175* 40.35 18 61 15 771
2 DA Warner 232 231 24 7410 135* 35.79 06 57 15 739
3 BB McCullum 277 272 26 7689 158* 31.25 07 38 14 738
4 G Gambhir 230 226 22 6034 093 29.57 00 51 18 711
5 BJ Hodge 270 256 57 7338 106 36.87 02 48 14 707

 

Mumbai and Bangalore share the record of playing most matches in the Indian Premier League – Both the teams have played 150 matches

Mumbai and Bangalore share the record of playing most matches in the Indian Premier League – Both the teams have played 150 matches

The game between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mumbai on 01.05.17 was a personal milestone for both the teams. Both the  teams were playing  their 150th match in the  Indian Premier League – a record for most number of matches played by any team in the history of  the tournament.  The following table lists the number of games played by each team in the tournament arranged in the descending order of the matches. All stats as of 02.05.17

Team Mat Won Lost Tied T+W T+L NR
Mumbai Indians 150 87 62 0 1 0 0
Royal Challengers Bangalore 150 71 74 0 1 1 3
Kings XI Punjab 143 65 76 0 2 0 0
Delhi Daredevils 142 59 80 0 0 1 2
Kolkata Knight Riders 142 75 65 0 0 2 0
Chennai Super Kings 132 79 51 0 0 1 1
Rajasthan Royals 118 61 53 0 2 1 1
Deccan Chargers 075 29 46 0 0 0 0
Sunrisers Hyderabad 072 39 32 0 1 0 0
Pune Warriors 046 12 33 0 0 0 1
Gujarat Lions 026 12 13 0 0 1 0
Rising Pune Supergiant 024 11 13 0 0 0 0
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 014 06 08 0 0 0 0

 

KK Nair becomes the 44th cricketer to lead a team in the Indian Premier League

KK Nair becomes the 44th cricketer to lead a team in the Indian Premier League

Karun Kaladharan Nair

KK Nair who led Delhi in the absence of injured Zaheer Khan against Punjab at Mohali on 30.04.17 became the 44th cricketer to lead a team in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No Player Mat Won Lost Tied NR Teams
1 MS Dhoni 143 83 59 0 1 Chennai, Rising Pune
2 G Gambhir 117 68 48 1 0 Delhi, Kolkata
3 V Kohli 079 37 37 2 3 Bangalore
4 AC Gilchrist 074 35 39 0 0 Deccan, Punjab
5 RG Sharma 068 41 26 1 0 Mumbai
6 SK Warne 055 30 24 1 0 Rajasthan
7 V Sehwag 053 28 24 1 0 Delhi,  Punjab
8 SR Tendulkar 051 30 21 0 0 Mumbai
9 R Dravid 048 22 26 0 0 Rajasthan, Bangalore
10 KC Sangakkara 047 15 30 2 0 Deccan, Punjab, Sunrisers
11 DA Warner 043 24 19 0 0 Delhi, Sunrisers
12 Yuvraj Singh 043 21 21 0 1 Punjab, Pune
13 SC Ganguly 042 17 25 0 0 Kolkata, Pune
14 GJ Bailey 030 14 16 0 0 Punjab
15 DPMD Jayawardene 030 10 19 1 0 Delhi, Punjab, Kochi
16 SK Raina 028 13 13 2 0 Chennai, Gujarat
17 A Kumble 026 15 11 0 0 Bangalore
18 SR Watson 024 08 13 2 1 Rajasthan,  Bangalore
19 DL Vettori 022 12 10 0 0 Bangalore
20 Harbhajan Singh 020 10 10 0 0 Mumbai
21 Z Khan 019 08 11 0 0 Delhi
22 SPD Smith 018 12 06 0 0 Pune, Rajasthan, Rising Pune
23 KP Pietersen 017 03 14 0 0 Delhi, Bangalore
24 JP Duminy 016 06 09 0 1 Delhi
25 BB McCullum 014 03 10 1 0 Gujarat, Kolkata
26 DJ Hussey 012 06 06 0 0 Punjab
27 CL White 012 07 05 0 0 Deccan, Sunrisers
28 S Dhawan 010 04 06 0 0 Sunrisers
29 AJ Finch 010 02 08 0 0 Pune
30 GJ Maxwell 009 04 05 0 0 Punjab
31 M Vijay 008 03 05 0 0 Punjab
32 KD Karthik 006 02 04 0 0 Delhi
33 VVS Laxman 006 01 05 0 0 Deccan
34 DA Miller 006 01 05 0 0 Punjab
35 RT Ponting 006 03 03 0 0 Mumbai
36 AD Mathews 005 01 04 0 0 Pune
37 SM Pollock 004 03 01 0 0 Mumbai
38 DJG Sammy 004 02 02 0 0 Sunrisers
39 JR Hopes 003 00 02 0 1 Delhi
40 KK Nair 002 01 01 0 0 Delhi
41 DJ Bravo 001 00 01 0 0 Mumbai
42 PA Patel 001 00 01 0 0 Kochi
43 AM Rahane 001 00 01 0 0 Rising Pune
44 LRPL Taylor 001 01 00 0 0 Pune

 

Delhi and Punjab are the two teams which have deployed most captains – ten each – in the tournament. The following table lists the captains of each of these teams. KK Nair became the tenth cricketer to lead Delhi  in the Indian Premier league

 

Captains who have led Delhi in the Indian Premier League
No Player Mat Won Lost Tied NR Teams
1 G Gambhir 117 68 48 1 0 Delhi, Kolkata
2 V Sehwag 053 28 24 1 0 Delhi, Punjab
3 DA Warner 043 24 19 0 0 Delhi, Sunrisers
4 DPMD Jayawardene 030 10 19 1 0 Delhi, Punjab, Kochi
5 Z Khan 019 08 11 0 0 Delhi
6 KP Pietersen 017 03 14 0 0 Delhi, Bangalore
7 JP Duminy 016 06 09 0 1 Delhi
8 KD Karthik 006 02 04 0 0 Delhi
9 JR Hopes 003 00 02 0 1 Delhi
10 KK Nair 002 01 01 0 0 Delhi
Captains who have led Punjab in the Indian Premier League
No Player Mat Won Lost Tied NR Teams
1 AC Gilchrist 74 35 39 0 0 Deccan, Punjab
2 V Sehwag 53 28 24 1 0 Delhi, Punjab
3 KC Sangakkara 47 15 30 2 0 Deccan, Punjab, Sunrisers
4 Yuvraj Singh 43 21 21 0 1 Punjab, Pune
5 GJ Bailey 30 14 16 0 0 Punjab
6 DPMD Jayawardene 30 10 19 1 0 Delhi, Punjab, Kochi
7 DJ Hussey 12 06 06 0 0 Punjab
8 GJ Maxwell 09 04 05 0 0 Punjab
9 M Vijay 08 03 05 0 0 Punjab
10 DA Miller 06 01 05 0 0 Punjab

 

It is interesting to note that V Sehwag and DPMD Jayawardene are the only two captains  who have led Delhi  and Punjab in the tournament

 

No Player Mat Won Lost Tied NR Teams
1 V Sehwag 53 28 24 1 0 Delhi, Punjab
2 DPMD Jayawardene 30 10 19 1 0 Delhi, Punjab, Kochi

 

KK Nair became the third Karnataka cricketer to lead a team in the Indian Premier Leauge after R Dravid and A Kumble. The performance of these three cricketers are furnished below

 

No Player Mat Won Lost Tied NR Teams
1 R Dravid 48 22 26 0 0 Rajasthan, Bangalore
2 A Kumble 26 15 11 0 0 Bangalore
3 KK Nair 02 01 01 0 0 Delhi

 

Note – All stats as of 02.05.17.