IPL 2018: Rating the captains after league stage

The league stage of the 2018 Indian Premier League was probably one of the most interesting ever played. Seven of the eight teams were in contention for the playoff spots before the last round of matches were played. Even the wooden-spooners Delhi Daredevils finished with 10 points, two fewer than fifth, sixth and seventh-placed teams.

Eventually, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs, while two of the most popular sides - Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians - missed out after losing their respective last matches.

With IPL set to enter the playoffs, here's looking at how each captain fared in the league stage.

Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) - 7/10

The Mumbai youngster was handed the captaincy of Daredevils after Gautam Gambhir opted to step down mid-way due to the team's poor performances. Iyer captained DD in eight matches, out of which they won four and lost four. In the six matches under Gambhir's captaincy, DD had lost five and won just one match.

The right-handed batsman led from the front in his very first match as the captain, scoring 93 runs off 40 deliveries against KKR, helping his team win the match by 55 runs. Iyer scored over 400 runs in the tournament and was DD's second highest run-getter.

Considering this was his first big assignment as a captain, Iyer does deserve a seven.