The most attended cricket league in the world is India’s Indian Premier League which was founded by BCCI in 2007, know who has the most runs as a captain in IPL
Captaining is not just an usual role and that too in this big domestic league puts more pressure on the shoulders of the captains. However some still have managed to cope with it and deliver some big scores at biggest stages. Thus, below here we discuss some of those top players who have scored most runs as captain in IPL history.
Top 5 Players With Most Runs As A Captain In IPL
5. David Warner
The 2021 season was one of the most frightened season of Warner’s career with him for the first time failing to score 500 run mark along with his removal as captain from the side. Though David would be thinking of making a solid comeback in this year’s IPL and makes it at number five on our list with 3126 runs as captain.
4. Gautam Gambhir
The explosive opening batsman of the KKR side is our number four with 3518 runs as captain. Not once but Gambhir led his team Kolkata Knight riders to IPL trophy twice in 2012 and 2014 however Gambhir ended his IPL career from where he began it that is with Delhi Capitals.
3. Rohit Sharma
One of the most successful IPL captain Rohit Sharma is our number three with his four trophies and 3632 runs as captain. Moreover with one century and forty half centuries he is currently at fourth position for the highest run scorer in the leagues history.
2. M.S Dhoni
The most experienced captain of Indian Premier League popularly known as “Thala” comes at number two with his run contribution of 4589 in total as captain. He led his team Chennai Super Kings to Four IPL and two Champions League T20 titles.
1. Virat Kohli
And at number one we have King Kohli who also holds the record of scoring four centuries in a single season of the league, Moreover as a captain Kohli has scored 5215 runs and besides this he is the all time leading run scorer in IPL with being the only player ever to cross 6,000 run mark.
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