MS Dhoni Or Rohit Sharma? Tom Moody Picks No.1 Captain In IPL History

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 14:31 IST

Both MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma person each won 5 IPL titles arsenic captain.

Rohit Sharma (left) and MS Dhoni are the 2 astir palmy captains successful IPL history. (PTI Photo)

India fable MS Dhoni has been hailed arsenic the top skipper successful the past of the Indian Premier League by erstwhile Australia cricketer and Tom Moody. Dhoni captained Chennai Super Kings to 5 IPL titles earlier stepping distant from the enactment relation up of past season. However, helium returned to the helm of affairs aft Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled retired midway done the ongoing play owed to an elbow fracture.

Moody placed Dhoni arsenic his top IPL captain, looking past Mumbai Indians large Rohit Sharma for the numero uno spot.

While Dhoni and Rohit person bagged the coveted IPL crown 5 times each arsenic captains, Moody ranks the CSK large a notch higher.

“MS Dhoni, I deliberation keeps the No.1 spot due to the fact that of the fig of trophies but besides the information that he’s caput squads that haven’t been the strongest successful the tournament," Moody said.

Dhoni’s CSK endured a forgettable, finishing astatine the bottommost of the standings for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Dhoni’s reluctance to determination up the bid to resoluteness the deficiency of stableness successful the batting bid besides came nether criticism.

The 43-year-old looked a airy shadiness of his best, making conscionable 196 runs successful 14 innings.

Even Dhoni’s midas interaction arsenic skipper couldn’t assistance CSK.

They won lone 4 games and suffered their first-ever bottom-place decorativeness successful IPL history.

Asked to unsighted fertile big-name IPL captains, Moody initially placed erstwhile Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Virat Kohli astatine No.5, the fable taking the fashionable franchise to the last erstwhile successful 2016 and to the playoffs 4 times successful 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021 editions of the league.

Going done calculations successful his head, Moody ranked erstwhile Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir 3rd for taking the broadside to duplicate IPL trophies successful 2012 and 2014.

Moody besides picked Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer arsenic the fourth-best IPL captain.

Iyer had taken KKR to their 3rd IPL crown past play earlier moving to the PBKS camp.

At sixth, the Aussie seasoned named his countryman and Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins.

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