IPL 2020: Rating all the teams based on their captains' performance

We are in the last week of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the current season has been quite entertaining up to now. With some thrilling last over finishes and some super over finishes, the ongoing season is providing lots of entertainment to the fans.

The fight for the playoffs is on and all the upcoming matches for the teams expect CSK and KXIP will be a decider for them to feature in the final top four. While the Mumbai Indians franchise already qualified for the playoffs with 16 points in 12 games, they have to win their remaining two encounters to be in the first position of the table.

Performance of any team in a tournament like this depends on the performance of the captain. If he is in a great form he can confidently lead his side especially in a tournament like IPL which happens for nearly two months. So let us rate the captains of each franchise based on their performance.

Here is the rating of each IPL captain on a scale of 10:

8) CSK- MS Dhoni (6/10)

Coming to this IPL, the Chennai Super Kings were the only franchise in the history of IPL to reach the playoffs in all the seasons they played and their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the architect of the franchise’s success over the years.

Things were not going in Chennai’s way in the ongoing IPL as they lost the services of Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh before the start of IPL and they found themselves at the bottom of the points table with 12 points in their 14 matches. The Yellow Army are out of the competition for the playoffs and for the first time in the history of the IPL they will not be a part of the playoffs.

MS Dhoni, who retired from international cricket before the start of the season came into this IPL with lots of expectations but failed to perform for the team. In 14 matches he played in this season he scored 200 runs at an average of 25 and a strike rate of 116.27. The Chennai based franchise clearly missed the finishing skills of their skipper and they hope he will perform for them in the next season which is just five months away from now.