IPL 2022: Faf du Plessis, Shreyas and Dhawan likely to lead RCB, KKR, PBKS

New Delhi, Feb 16 : With the IPL mega auction done and dusted, the focus now shifts to potential captaincy candidates for the franchises who still don't have a designated captain before the start of the 15th edition of the cash-rich league. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) are the three teams which haven't appointed their captains till now.


Over the years, MI (5), CSK (4), KKR (2) have won the maximum IPL tites and their captains, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir, have played a massive role in their success. All three captains have created a legacy, which is hard for others to replicate or even come closer to it.

Unlike Test or ODI cricket which gives ample time to rectify mistakes, T20I cricket is played at a lightning pace and dynamics change on every ball. So the role of a captain -- the decision maker on the field -- becomes even more important in a high-pressure tournament like IPL.

With franchises taking their sweet time to make a formal announcement about their skippers, IANS takes a look at a few captaincy candidates of RCB, KKR and PBKS.