Kolkata Knight Riders, the franchise that has won the IPL title 2 times is not having a great time in IPL 2021. They have won just a single match out of their 4 matches in IPL. They are placed on the 7th position in the Points Table. In such times there is always debate about who can be a better captain for KKR.
Was it Dinesh Karthik who stepped down as captain of KKR in IPL 2020’s 8th match? or is it Eoin Morgan who’s unfortunately not having his good time from few Matches?
Let us answer our questions with the help of a few stats.
- Winning Percentage of KKR when Dinesh Karthik was the captain:
Karthik has led KKR in 37 games since 2018 in which he has won 19 and lost 17. That makes his winning percentage around 51.35%.
- Winning Percentage of KKR when Eoin Morgan is the captain:
Eoin Morgan has lead KKR in 11 matches since IPL 2020 in which he has won 3, lost 7, and tied 1. That makes his winning percentage around 31.81%.
- Points to be noted:
- Dinesh Karthik had the second-best win percentage (52.70%) among all KKR skippers after two-time IPL-winning captain Gautam Gambhir (57.43%).
- Among the IPL 2021 Captains who have led before in the tournament, Eoin Morgan has the lowest win percentage.
- Prior Experience
- Morgan is a former World Cup-winning captain. He had lead England to a world cup win.
- Karthik has no prior experience of captaining in international cricket although He captains the Tamil Nadu Cricket Team in domestic cricket.
From the above few stats, we can conclude a few points and clear some of our doubts.
Dinesh Karthik, despite of not having much prior experience in captaining had proved to be a better captain for KKR as per the stats. But Eoin Morgan is undoubtedly better in the aspect of experience in captaining.
