IPL 2020: Ranking the captains of all 8 teams after Week 1 | 19th-26th September

#3 KL Rahul (KXIP) - 2nd in IPL 2020

KL Rahul's captaincy has drawn praise from all corners of the cricketing fraternity

First-time IPL captain KL Rahul saw KXIP let slip a golden opportunity to grab two points in their first IPL 2020 game against DC as they fell to a heart-breaking Super Over defeat. But the Karnataka lad took the game against RCB by the scruff of its neck, registering an unbeaten 132 and leading his team to a 97-run win.

Rahul has shown early signs of having a calm, thinking head on his shoulders, and despite KXIP's obvious deficiencies with respect to team balance, he could take his team deep into IPL 2020.

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#2 Steve Smith (RR) - 4th in IPL 2020

Steve Smith led from the front against CSK

Steve Smith had a job on his hands entering his first IPL 2020 game against CSK - he had been out of action for a few weeks owing to a concussion, and he was without the services of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes.

The RR skipper pulled through admirably, as he opened the batting in the absence of the English wicket-keeper and scored a fluent fifty alongside the mercurial Sanju Samson. Smith was superb with his bowling changes as well, and led RR to a 16-run win against a strong CSK batting lineup on Sharjah's short boundaries.

RR take on KXIP in their second IPL 2020 game at the same venue today, and the Rahul-Smith captaincy battle will certainly be one to watch out for.

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#1 Shreyas Iyer (DC) - 1st in IPL 2020

Shreyas Iyer's Delhi Capitals are unbeaten in IPL 2020 so far

The captain of the only undefeated team in IPL 2020 so far, Shreyas Iyer is #1 on this list, and understandably so. Although he appeared to have lost his team the first IPL 2020 game with a dropped catch, a combination of Marcus Stoinis' brilliance and some poor KXIP batting ensured that DC scraped through via a Super Over.

And in the second game against CSK, Iyer and DC put on a clinic as they convincingly defeated the 3-time IPL champions, handing them their second consecutive loss in the process.

Iyer's DC have immense depth in all departments, and have shown that they have what it takes to perform under pressure. Named as one of the favourites for IPL 2020 despite having never reached the final, DC are set to live up to their billing and contend for the title this year.

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