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#11 Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Captaincy Record: Matches - 26, Won - 15, Win percentage - 57.69

Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble can be termed as the best captain to have led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The team selection and batting order used to remain more or less stable unlike the other seasons for RCB. This stability helped players like Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey to score consistently.

Kumble, much like Adam Gilchrist, did an improbable task of taking a team from the bottom of the table in 2008 to the final of IPL in 2009. But ironically, RCB lost to Gilchrist's Deccan Chargers in the final.

Kumble also bowled extremely well in the last few years of his career. His discipline in line and length in a new and fast format like IPL was remarkable. He had a splendid IPL career bagging 45 wickets from 42 matches for RCB at a mind-boggling economy-rate of 6.58.