IPL 2017: 5 players you may not know were IPL captains

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#4 James Hopes

Hopes

Team captained: Delhi Daredevils

Matches captained: 3

The 2011 season was in many ways where the downfall began as far as Delhi Daredevils were concerned. After qualifying for the playoffs in the first two seasons and only just missing out in the third edition, they finished 2011 at the bottom of the pile. Since then they have qualified for the playoffs just once.

Although Virender Sehwag was the captain of the Delhi Daredevils side for the 2011 season, the last three games of the season saw Australian all-rounder James Hopes take over as captain of the side. Unfortunately, it wasn't a great end to the season as he failed to win a single game as captain and even had one no-result to his name.

DD's failure to win towards the latter stages of the group stage meant they finished bottom and Hopes has the dubious record of being the only IPL captain without a single victory to his name among all players who have been skipper for more than one match.

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