Other young captains might take all the limelight, but at the moment, Shreyas Iyer is surely among the captains breaking records in the fight. The question is, what is Shreyas Iyer’s IPL captaincy record, and the answer to it is, the record is surely better than many big profiles.
Shreyas Iyer, the boy from Chembur, Mumbai, is probably one of the most underrated batters in the world of cricket. Iyer began his Indian Premier League journey with the Delhi Daredevils. Ten years later, he is surely one of the best captains as well as batsmen in the world.
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He has played for three teams in the Indian Premier League: Delhi, Kolkata, and currently Punjab. Iyer’s performances are consistent and have also helped the team reach the playoffs quite a few times, and helped Kolkata Knight Riders win their third IPL title last season. He is on the verge of winning back-to-back IPL titles, but this time for Punjab.
What is Shreyas Iyer’s IPL Captaincy Record?
For the three teams, Delhi, Kolkata, and Punjab, Iyer has captained a total of 85 matches combined. In the 85 matches he captained, Iyer has made his team win fifty times and he has seen defeat 34 times, while one ended in a no result. Out of the 50 wins, two of the wins were in the Super Over.
- Matches: 85
- Wins: 50
- Loses: 34
- No result: 1
- Winning percentage: 58.82%
Shreyas Iyer is the fifth captain in the history of the Indian Premier League to have fifty wins as a captain. The other greatest captains in the list are Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Gautam Gambhir. This is surely just the start, and there is more to come for the 30-year-old.
Leadership Highlights of hreyas Iyer
His journey as the captain began in the 2018 edition, where, after a poor start for the Delhi Daredevils, he was appointed as the captain because Gautam Gambhir stepped down. That season, he captained the team in eight matches, where they lost four and won four.
The next year, the team changed the name to Delhi Capitals, and Iyer helped to reach the playoffs. In 2020, under Iyer’s captaincy, the Delhi Capitals reached the final for the first time in their IPL history but lost the game to the Mumbai Indians.
Iyer was out for the 2021 season due to an injury and was back with the team for the second half of the season. The franchise decided to go with Rishabh Pant as the captain for that season. In 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders bought him and made him the captain, but that season was one to forget. His team finished seventh. He was out for the next season due to injury.
2024 was probably the best year as a captain for Shreyas Iyer, as he won the IPL title for the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was the fifth Indian captain to lift the IPL title.
Before the start of the 2025 IPL season, everyone was shocked as he was retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was purchased by the Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore. Iyer was the second-most-expensive player this season, just below Rishabh Pant. Now we are nearing the end of the season, and he has helped his team reach the final. Also, he can lead Punjab Kings to their first IPL Trophy and his second in two years.
