The great Ravichandran Ashwin, now a former IPL player, ended his career in the famed T20 league recently. But as captain, his is a record that speaks - not boasts of a winning percentage of slightly over
42. This, therefore, means that R Ashwin, whose last IPL franchise was the Chennai Super Kings, wasn't all that successful in the richly rewarding and entertaining league. But otherwise, his record as a stupendous off spinner, someone with 187 wickets in the tournament, underlines his success with the white ball. He was, at best, focused, determined and driven to excel. Even if that means he didn't exactly have a ball of a time as a captain operating in the IPL. That said, who are the other five captains with a worse win record than Ashwin in IPL? Let us find out in our latest listical below.
Here's a look at Five Captains with a worse win record than Ravichandran Ashwin in IPL:
Shane Watson ( 8 wins in 24 matches)
With just 8 wins in 24 IPL contests from his time as a leader, Shane Watson does definitely have one of the worst winning percentages of all time when it comes to leadership abilities in all of the Indian Premier League.
But having said that, as a pure performer, Watson, nicknamed "Watto" did well enough in both departments of the game, scoring 2809 IPL runs and taking 92 wickets.
At his peak, he was an asset to the Rajasthan Royals and later on, for the CSK unit.
Ruturaj Gaikwad (8 wins in 19 matches)
With 8 wins in 19 games, which is anything but a dominant winning record, Gaikwad currently has a winning percentage of 42.10, to be precise.
He is, neverthless, the future of the Chennai team and his batting talent is sublime and akin to a force to reckon with!
Suresh Raina (14 wins in 34 matches)
There are average players with the bat, there are exceptional batters and then there are "premier" marksmen with the bat; Suresh Raina, for all he did during his time at the IPL, was a noted and gifted strokemaker for Chennai Super Kings.
But during his time with CSK and GL, Raina was able to lead his teams to wins in just 14 out of 34 games, which meant his winning percentage being 37.03. Hardly impressive, one would reckon!
Shikhar Dhawan (10 wins in 27 matches)
During his time as captain of the Punjab Kings and later, during the SRH phase, all that Shikhar Dhawan was able to win was just 10 games out of 27. This didn't exactly lead to a memorable stint as captain of either of the promising and pertinent IPL units. But Dhawan, otherwise speaking, as a batter managed no fewer than 6700 plus runs in the cash-rich league, which indicates a prolific record as batter.
Ajinkya Rahane (14 wins in 38 matches)
From 14 wins in 38 matches during his tenure as a leader in the famed Indian Premier League, the otherwise handy and useful Ajinkya Rahane, a batsman in the classical mould, didn't really blossom as captain. This can be evidenced from his winning percentage of 36.8.
FAQs
What is Shikhar Dhawan's win record in the IPL?
With 10 wins from 27 matches, the great left handed batter's win record is at a lowly looking 37 in the IPL.
In which seasons did Ravichandran Ashwin lead his IPL franchise?
In the years - 2018 and 2019, R Ashwin led Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) side and managed a winning percentage of 42.8.
