IPL 2024: Punjab suffer a second blow as Warner’s tumultuous innings comes to an end.
The Indian Premier League’s 17th season schedule has been released by the BCCI . The squads of the reigning champion Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will play each other in the opening game. The two teams’ game is scheduled for March 22 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai’s home field. The 21-match schedule is currently available. Following its announcement, the IPL schedule was keenly anticipated by fans. On February 22, Jio Cinema, which has the live streaming rights, and Star Sports, which has the television rights to the IPL, unveiled the full schedule live. This game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Chepauk. Every fan undoubtedly has a favourite team that they occasionally go above and beyond to support. The largest illustration of this is the Jabra supporters who enter the stadium to see the game, evade the security, and even walk up on the pitch to meet their idol. Let’s see which player will captain which team in the 2024 Indian Premier League.
IPL 2024 Teams and Captains
| Team | Captain |
|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | MS Dhoni |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Rishabh Pant or David Warner |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Shreyas Iyer |
| Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) | KL Rahul |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Shubman Gill |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Hardik Pandya |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Shikhar Dhawan |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Sanju Samson |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | Faf du Plessis |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Pat Cummins |
Who is in command of which team for IPL 2024?
Below is the list of all the captains and their squads that would be competing against each other in IPL 2024.
1. Chennai Super Kings
CSK, which has won the IPL title five times, is still captained by MS Dhoni in IPL 2024. This time perhaps he will play his last IPL. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, CSK has won the IPL title in the years 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023.
CSK Captain IPL 2024:
MS Dhoni
CSK Squad IPL 2024 :
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
2. Delhi Capitals
Nothing can be said yet about the captaincy of Delhi Capitals. Rishabh Pant will return in IPL 2024, but there is no confirmation yet whether he will captain Delhi Capitals or not. If Rishabh Pant does not take charge of the Delhi team, then David Warner will captain the Delhi Capitals.
DC Captain IPL 2024:-
Rishabh Pant or David Warner
DC IPL 2024 Squad:
Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.
3. Kolkata Knight Riders
The captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders will be on the shoulders of Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2024. Last season, Shreyas Iyer was out due to injury. Nitish Rana captained KKR in the last season.
KKR Captain IPL 2024:
Shreyas Iyer
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KKR IPL 2024 Squad:
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.
4. Lucknow SuperGiants
KL Rahul is the captain of Lucknow SuperGiants. KL Rahul could not play after suffering a quadriceps injury during the last season of IPL. KL Rahul has scored more than 4000 runs in IPL.
LSG Captain IPL 2024:-
KL Rahul
Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2024 Squad:
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
5. Gujarat Titans
Young star Shubman Gill will be seen leading the IPL 2022 champion team Gujarat Titans. Shubhman Gill has been traded by Gujarat. After Hardik Pandya joined Mumbai Indians, Shubman Gill was made the captain of Gujarat Titans.
GT Captain IPL 2024:-
Shubman Gill
Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 Squad :
David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.
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6. Mumbai Indians
Before IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya was traded by Mumbai Indians and he has been given the command of the team in place of Rohit Sharma. The captaincy of Mumbai Indians was snatched from Rohit Sharma.
MI Captain IPL 2024:-
Hardik Pandya
Mumbai Indians IPL 2024 Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
7. Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan has been given the responsibility of Punjab Kings for IPL 2024. Shikhar Dhawan has scored 6,617 runs while playing 217 matches in IPL. Shikhar Dhawan is the second highest run scorer in IPL.
PBKS Captain IPL 2024:-
Shikhar Dhawan
Punjab Kings IPL 2024 Squad:-
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
8. Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson will be seen captaining Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals have not won the title since 2008 under the leadership of Shane Warne. Before losing to Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals team was within reach of the title in 2022.
RR Captain IPL 2024:-
Sanju Samson
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RR IPL 2024 Squad:
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
9. Royal Challengers Bangalore
The captaincy of the RCB team in IPL 2024 has been handed over to Faf du Plessis. After Virat Kohli left the responsibility of captaincy in the year 2021, the franchise gave this responsibility to Faf du Plessis. Playing 130 matches, Faf du Plessis has scored 33 half-centuries with the highest score of 96 in IPL.
RCB Captain IPL 2024:-
Faf du Plessis
RCB IPL 2024 Squad:
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
10. Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins, who led Australia to the title under his captaincy in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, will be seen leading Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL auction for Rs 20.50 crore. Last season, Aiden Markram led the team.
SRH Captain IPL 2024:-
Pat Cummins
SRH IPL 2024 Squad:
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram , Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
So this was all about the captains and their squad for the IPL 2024. The Seventeenth season of the IPL will start from 22 March 2024. The first match will be played in Chennai between CSK and RCB. It will be a great season ahead for all the cricket fans around the world.
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