Vinay Kumar
Punjab Kings announced the new captain of their team on Monday, 28 February. Opener Mayank Agarwal was made the captain of the team. With this, now the names of the captains of 9 out of 10 franchises have been announced. Only Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is left, which has not announced the name of its captain. After the resignation of Virat Kohli as the captain, the team management has two options, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis. Very soon this team will also announce the name of its captain.
IPL 2022 will start from March 26. Earlier, three teams had not announced the name of their team captain.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Punjab Kings (PBKS). Before Punjab Kings, KKR had announced Shreyas Iyer as their captain. RCB is the only team left, which has not officially announced the name of its captain. According to sources, Faf du Plessis can be given the command of the team.
1. Mayank Agrawal (PBKS)
Punjab Kings has appointed Mayank Agarwal as their captain for IPL 2022. Mayank Agarwal was the vice-captain of PBKS in IPL 2019, IPL 2020, IPL 2021. After the departure of KL Rahul, now the management has made Mayank the captain for IPL 2022. Significantly, Mayank has been with this team since 2018.
2: Shreyas Iyer (KKR)
KKR has handed over the command of the team to Shreyas Iyer. It is worth noting that the team had bought Shreyas for Rs 12 crore 25 lakh. Shreyas has captaincy experience. He has held the captaincy of Delhi Capitals DC for two years. Apart from this, he is also a great batsman in the middle order. In the T20I series played against Sri Lanka of 3 matches that ended on 27 February (SL vs IND T20I Series, 2022) Sri Lanka he performed brilliantly. He was awarded ‘Player of the Series’.
3: KL Rahul LSG
KL Rahul will captain Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL 2022. The right-handed batsman was drafted by LSG for Rs 17 crore before IPL Mega Auction, 2022. KL has 3 years of team captaincy experience. Prior to this he was the captain of Punjab Kings (PBKS). He has scored more than 500 runs in 3 consecutive seasons of IPL.
4: Hardik Pandya
All-rounder Hardik Pandya will captain Gujarat Titans GT, one of the 2 new teams in IPL 2022. Hardik has been taken by GT for Rs 15 crore. He has never captained any team before. 29-year-old Hardik made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2015. He has played for Mumbai Indians for 7 years and MI has been the team that won the title 4 times.
5: MS Dhoni (MS Dhoni CSK)
In the IPL 2022 season, the Yellow Army will be captained by MS Dhoni only. The 40-year-old maestro MS Dhoni has captained this franchise since the inception of the IPL. Dhoni is the most capped captain and has won 4 trophies. Dhoni was retained by CSK as their second retention player ahead of the Mega Auction, 2022.
6: Rohit Sharma Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma will once again be seen in the captaincy role for MI. The 34-year-old Rohit Sharma has won 5 IPL trophies since assuming the captaincy in IPL 2013. He is also the opener of his team and is also the leading run-scorer. Rohit Sharma is a calm minded captain.
7: Rishabh Pant DC
Rishabh Pant will captain Delhi Capitals DC in IPL 2022. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh took over as captain in IPL 2021. Shreyas Iyer could not play the first phase of IPL 2021 due to injury, during which Rishabh was given the responsibility and Rishabh did a great job and took DC to the playoffs. The team management has handed over the command of the team to Rishabh Pant for the new season.
8: Sanju Samson RR
Sanju Samson will captain Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022. This will be his second season after captaining this team in 2021. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson played a fine innings in the second T match against Sri Lanka. He also scored more than 400 runs in IPL 2021.
9: Kane Williamson (SRH)
Kane Williamson will be the captain of SRH in IPL 2022. Remind you that in the second phase of IPL 2021, he was made the captain of the team.
10: Faf Du Plessis / Glenn Maxwell
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is the only team that has not announced the name of the acting captain. After the resignation of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell was seen as his new captain, while Faf du Plessis is now at the forefront of the race. It is believed that this week his name will be stamped.