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The five most successful IPL captains by win percentage

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Anil Kumble features at number five on this list

This season there are many new faces in terms of captaincy. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken over for the Kings XI Punjab, Dinesh Karthik is the new captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Kane Williamson is in charge of the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Karthik has already come under heavy criticism for his poor management of bowlers in KKR's last game against the Chennai Super Kings. He gave Vinay Kumar the last over which turned out to be a disastrous move. Some captains have had significantly more success though.

This article pays tribute to the best captains in IPL history. Indeed, it looks at the five most successful IPL captains by win percentages. For captains to be included in this list, they have to have captained over 20 matches.


#5. Anil Kumble - 57.69%

India's all-time highest Test wicket-taker, Anil Kumble, has an IPL win percentage of 57.69% as captain. Kumble skippered the Royal Challengers Bangalore 26 times and won 15 of his matches in charge. This makes him the most successful captain in the Royal Challengers Bangalore's history. In comparison, Virat Kohli's win percentage as captain is just 46.34% - showing just how good a captain Kumble was.

During his tenure in IPL cricket, Kumble enjoyed plenty of success with the ball and holds the third-best bowling figures in the history of the tournament with his 5/5 against the Rajasthan Royals in 2009.

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