Top 3 Players who captained India before leading IPL teams
Since the emergence of IPL, there are only two players who have captained the Indian team before IPL franchises, another name will break into the list in the Asian Games 2023.
2. Ajinkya Rahane (2015)
Ajinkya Rahane was one of the integral parts of India’s team across formats from 2011 to 2015. Back in 2015, Rahane also got the responsibility to lead the Indian team in Zimbabwe for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20 Internationals (T20Is). This was the first time, Rahane was seen captaining the Indian team.
In the ODI series, India whitewashed the hosts under Rahane while the T20I series got leveled as both India and Zimbabwe won one game apiece. Rahane was seen as Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain in IPL in 2018 when Steven Smith, the then RR regular captain got banned due to his infamous ball-tampering scandal along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Rahane’s captaincy record for India has been amazing as he succeeded in winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21 for the national side with his leadership skills. In IPL, he led Royals for 24 matches, in which the 2008 IPL champions won nine and lost 15.
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