The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will witness several changes in leadership as five franchises will have new captains in the upcoming season. Let us look at the list of new captains in IPL 2024.
New Captains | Former Captains | Team |
Pat Cummins | Aiden Markram | SRH |
Hardik Pandya | Rohit Sharma | MI |
Shubman Gill | Hardik Pandya | GT |
Shreyas Iyer | Nitish Rana | KKR |
Rishabh Pant | David Warner | DC |
The Mumbai Indians were the first team to announce a change in their captaincy, replacing their five-time title-winning skipper, Rohit Sharma, with Hardik Pandya.
SRH also replaced Aiden Markram for the next season. They have appointed Pat Cummins as their IPL 2024 captain.
KKR also replaced Nitish Rana with Shreyas Iyer after Iyer’s return was confirmed for IPL 2024. He had missed IPL 2023 due to injury.
After Pandya was traded to MI, GT named Shubman their new skipper. Rishabh Pant will also reassume the role of DC captain alongside David Warner.