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#10 Zaheer Khan (Delhi Daredevils)

Captaincy Record: Matches - 23, Won - 10, Win percentage - 43.47

Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan can be placed into this rare category of fast bowling captains. The only other fast bowler who has ever captained an IPL team is Shaun Pollock for Mumbai Indians in four matches in 2008. Zaheer has captained Delhi Daredevils in 23 matches, with a mixed bag of results.

During his days as captain, he built a reputation of injecting a dose of youth in the DD team along with Rahul Dravid as its coach. Zaheer provided multiple opportunities to players like Rishab Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson to bat up the order and come to the fore.

Though the team did not fare well, his captaincy in pushing Indian talents and making the best of the resources in hand helped Indian team reap dividends but not so for Delhi Daredevils. Overall, Zaheer bagged 102 wickets in 100 matches at an economy rate of 7.59 during his stints for Mumbai Indians, RCB and Delhi Daredevils.