IPL 2016 - A Captain's Tournament

The Captains of IPL 2016

Amidst several new records and revelation of sorts in the ninth edition of the IPL, there has been an interesting point to notice. While usually in a T20 format, it is the late-order batsmen who do the big-hitting, what we are seeing this season is a different ball of wax.

A key role played by the captain of a cricket team is conveying enthusiasm. The leader’s positivity, resoluteness and performance on the pitch is transmitted to the rest of his team. And the captain’s of IPL 2016 have taken this a bit too seriously.

Gambhir in the East, Rohit in the West, Zaheer in the North and Kohli in the South, here is how the captain’s of the IPL (and coincidently, the opening batsmen!) are leading their teams with unmissable performances.

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Gautam Gambhir – Kolkata Knight Riders

The KKR Skipper is at his best IPL form

The architect behind the team’s topmost position on the rank table is none other than its skipper Gautam Gambhir. Once team India’s essential pillar, the batsman’s IPL performances have proved that the fire from his peak days is far from being extinguished.

Gambhir owned the orange cap for the first two weeks of the IPL until Sunrisers’ captain David Warner, followed by RCB captain Virat Kohli outnumbered his performance. KKR have won 4 out of their 5 matches so far, from which 3 are credited to the skipper.

His finest number so far has been an unbeaten 90* against Sunrisers Hyderabad. And the rest of the Knights sure are learning the tricks of the trade from their leader’s rich knocks.