Ranking all 8 captains in IPL 2020
From Iyer, Kohli to Rohit, Dhoni, here we rank the best IPL captains ahead of 2020 season.
4. Steve Smith (Rajasthan Royals)
Leading a team with the legacy as great as that of Rajasthan is no easy task. But, Steve Smith, the ex-Aussie captain and a current batting powerhouse, has made that difficult task look very easy. Filling in the shoes of captains like Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid is a task that no one would want to do, but Smith has made that look so easy that no one expected to be.
Just like Dhoni, Smith was also tasked with leading the team in its comeback season after a two-year gap. But, bad luck struck him, when he was banned from playing the tournament for that season, after his involvement in the ball-tampering controversy, popularly known as the ‘sandpaper gate’ came to light.
He made a return to the tournament in the 2019 season but was not able to replicate the performances that he was expected to. And, adding to the pressure, he was handed over the captaincy duties halfway through the tournament. But, coming into this season, he must be more confident, having had a great time in the Australian dressing room. He would be brimming with confidence and will definitely look to give his best shot at winning the cup, a decade after the win in the inaugural season.
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