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Players Won IPL In First Season As Captain: Records and statistics are being discussed before the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. We will tell you who are the players who won the first title as captain in IPL history. How many Indian players are present in this list? Here you will get complete details.
So let us tell you that in 18 years, there are only four players who won the IPL title as captain in the first season. The thing to note is that three out of four players are Indians. Rajat Patidar is also included among the Indian players, who made Royal Challengers Bangalore win the title in the last season i.e. 2025 IPL. Patidar took charge of the IPL team for the first time last season.
Shane Warne (2008)
Late Australian player Shane Warne became the player to win the first title in IPL history. Under the captaincy of Warne, Rajasthan Royals won the first season of the tournament in 2008.
Rohit Sharma (2013)
The second name in this list is that of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians won the 2013 title under the captaincy of Hitman. This was Rohit’s first season as captain. The interesting thing is that this was the first title for Mumbai Indians also. Before Rohit, many veterans had taken command of the team, but Rohit Sharma made the team win the first title.
Hardik Pandya (2022)
Hardik Pandya did this feat for Gujarat Titans in 2022. 2022 was not only the first year as captain for Hardik, but it was also the debut year for the Gujarat team. In this way, for the first time as captain, Hardik had won the title for the team which was playing its first season in the tournament.
Rajat Patidar
Rajat Patidar is at fourth position in the list. Under the captaincy of Patidar, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the 2025 IPL title last season. This was the first season as captain for Patidar in IPL. The thing to note is that before Patidar, veterans like Virat Kohli had also taken charge of RCB, but could not lead the team to win the title.
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