We are just days away from the commencement of the biggest franchise T20 phenomenon in the world as the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will get underway on March 22.
The season-opening game will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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MS Dhoni will once again be leading the troops at CSK, hoping to lead the team in yellow to a record-sixth IPL title. On the other hand, this will Rohit Sharma's first season after 11 years where he won't be captaining Mumbai Indians (MI).
Some fresh faces, such as Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) and Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad), will be leading their respective franchises.
In this article, The Sporting News takes a look at the experience of each captain heading into IPL 2024.
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IPL 2024: Who is the most experienced captain?
CSK captain MS Dhoni is the most experienced captain among all IPL 2024 captains. In fact, Dhoni is the player who has captained the most games in IPL history.
He is followed by Rohit Sharma; however, Rohit will not be performing his duties as captain, with Hardik Pandya replacing him.
| Captain | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | W/L ratio |
| MS Dhoni | CSK | 226 | 133 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 1.46 |
| Shreyas Iyer | KKR | 55 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1.04 |
| KL Rahul | LSG | 51 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1.04 |
| Sanju Samson | RR | 45 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.96 |
| Hardik Pandya | GT | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.44 |
| Rishabh Pant | DC | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 |
| Faf du Plessis | RCB | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | PBKS | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.57 |
| Shubman Gill | GT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Pat Cummins | SRH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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