Punjab Kings has struggled to discover a regular candidate to shoulder the burden of management over time within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Because of this, the franchise has been led by 16 captains in 17 seasons and hasn’t been in a position to make it to the playoffs since 2014.
Forward of the 2025 season, Kings will hope that Shreyas Iyer – their seventeenth skipper – will flip the tide and assist them attain the last-four stage and past this time round.
Iyer was purchased for whopping Rs. 26.75 crore on the public sale final 12 months after main Kolkata Knight Riders to the title within the 2024 season.
The 30-year-old will hope to convey glory to a workforce that has been captained by legends reminiscent of Adam Gilchrist, Yuvraj Singh and R. Ashwin.
Whereas Gilchrist has led Punjab in additional matches than another skipper, Yuvraj is the franchise’s most profitable captain by win-loss ratio.
Full record of Punjab Kings captains from IPL 2008 to IPL 2024
| Captain | Span | Matches | Received | Misplaced | W/L |
| Adam Gilchrist | 2011-2013 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 1.000 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2008-2009 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 1.416 |
| George Bailey | 2014-2015 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0.875 |
| R. Ashwin | 2018-2019 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0.750 |
| KL Rahul | 2020-2021 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 0.785 |
| Mayank Agarwal | 2021-2022 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2017-2017 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 2022-2024 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 |
| David Hussey | 2012-2013 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 |
| Sam Curran | 2023-2024 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 2010-2010 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 |
| Murali Vijay | 2016-2016 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 |
| David Miller | 2016-2016 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2010-2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2015-2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Jitesh Sharma | 2024-2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |