IPL: Captains who stepped down in the middle of a season

2013: Angelo Mathews – Aaron Finch

Yet another Maharashtra IPL franchise, Pune Warriors India went on to change their captain mid-season in 2013. Pune Warriors India played three IPL seasons but they never had any season worth remembering. The franchise was considered an inferior team as their performers were never that convincing.

In 2013 the team had a pathetic start, winning just a single match in their first five games. Angelo Mathews was captaining the franchise at that moment. After regular failures, Mathews decided to step down and the Pune management named Aaron Finch as their new captain. However, the change in captaincy did not change the results.

Pune Warriors ended up winning just four of their 16 league matches that year as they finished number eight in the nine-team tournament. After that season, the Pune-based franchise got dissolved due to some financial issues stemming from the valuation of the league’s annual franchise fee.