IPL: Captains who stepped down in the middle of a season
Ravindra Jadeja recently gave CSK's captaincy back to MS Dhoni. first time that a captain was changed in the middle of a season.
2018: Gautam Gambhir – Shreyas Iyer
Gautam Gambhir was KKR’s most successful captain, winning two trophies for them. The solid southpaw decided to end his IPL career with his home franchise Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) before the 2018 IPL mega auction. Gambhir was made the captain of Delhi straightaway after he re-joined the franchise as getting an experienced captain was a blessing for the franchise.
Somehow, Gambhir was not able to get the wins from the start. Delhi won only one game out of their first six and Gambhir stepped down as the captain. The young Indian batter Shreyas Iyer was named the skipper of Delhi in the middle of the season and he did pretty well.
Under Iyer, Delhi won four of the next eight games. They could not qualify for the playoffs but Iyer captained the team for two more seasons. Iyer got injured before IPL 2021 and Rishabh Pant was named as the captain. Iyer went to the IPL 2022 mega auction and KKR bought him and named him as their new skipper.
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