IPL Records and Statistics – Most Matches as a Captain

It can be challenging to bear the responsibilities of a captain when you are going into a tournament like a world cup, which comes every 4 years. Hence, many players often shy away from the responsibilities and instead want to focus on their performances to help the team. But few players could still deliver upon the pressure expected from them. Therefore, if you need an idea regarding which players could complete the most matches as captain in the world cup, here is the list and a detailed discussion about the players who performed at their best level successfully.

Rank	Matches	Player	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	Period
1	29	Ricky Ponting	26	2	0	1	92.85	2003-2011
2	27	Stephen Fleming	16	10	0	1	61.53	1999-2007
3	23	Mohammad Azharuddin	10	12	0	1	45.45	1992-1999
4	22	Imran Khan	14	8	0	0	63.63	1983-1992
5	17	Clive Lloyd Greame Smith Mahendra Singh Dhoni Eoin Morgan	15 11 14 9	2 6 2 7	0 0 1 1	0 0 0 0	88.23 64.70 85.29 55.88	1975-1983 2007-2011 2011-2015 2015-2019

 

• Ricky Ponting

Regarding being a captain who leads his team from the front, Ricky Ponting is the name that comes to everyone’s mind. He is still, to this present day, the most successful captain in the history of all world cups. Ricky Ponting led his Australian national cricket team for two consecutive world cups, winning both while completing a hat trick of championships. Ricky Ponting had a 92.85%-win percentage for all the 29 matches he was captain of the Australian national team in the World cup.

• Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming is considered a legend of New Zealand cricket due to all the achievements and records he broke during his tenure as national team captain. Moreover, Stephen Fleming still holds the record for most wins as a captain for New Zealand at the world cup finals, which is only broken this date. Additionally, Stephen Fleming didn’t only perform in white ball cricket but was also one of the greatest batsmen for New Zealand in its most extended format.

• Mohammad Azharuddin

Mohammad Azharuddin is one of the most controversial players to ever captain the Indian national side for the world cup. Even though Mohammad Azharuddin was involved in many scandals off-field, his on-field performances didn’t take a fall because of that. During his tenure as captain of the Indian cricket team, he manifested a lot of victories for the limited number of matches compared to all the other players on this list. Moreover, Mohammad Azharuddin was a hard-hitting batsman who frequently played big shots, even if the chances of the ball clearing the boundary were low.

• Imran Khan

Imran Khan was the only captain of the Pakistan national team who brought the world cup trophy in 1992. Pakistan was often considered a weak side by all the other teams in the tournament, but Imran khan changed the whole trajectory of the team when he was unveiled as the team captain. He was a fast-paced left-handed bowler whose swinging balls often became unplayable for the batsman during the world cup in 1992.

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni

After Kapil Dev in 1983, Mahendra Singh Dhoni brought back the world cup for India in 2011 by beating their neighbors Sri Lanka in the finals. Most importantly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a successful world cup captain in 50 overs cricket and brought the T20 world cup for the first time of asking. He also went on to lead team India to many trophies that some other captains in the history of Indian cricket could never replicate.

After reading the article, you can now clearly understand all performances the captain of their respective nations provided during their whole tenure in that role.

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