The First 8 IPL Captains: Where Are They Now?

#6. Sourav Ganguly- Kolkata Knight Riders

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly, fondly known as Dada, led his hometown side, the Kolkata Knight Riders for the first edition of the IPL. The side finished 6th in the season and won 6 out of the 14 games they played - one game was washed out by rain and they missed out on a playoffs berth by 2 points. Ganguly scored 349 runs from 13 innings averaging 29.08 and made 3 half-centuries.

He was demoted to a player in the 2009 season and performed poorly and so did the team led by Brendon McCullum and finished at the bottom of the points table with only 3 wins. As a result, he was reinstated as captain for the 2010 season and the team missed out on a playoffs spot due to net run rate. The southpaw performed well that season and overall, he scored 1031 runs for KKR and picked up 8 wickets.

He played for Pune Warriors India for the next seasons and after largely unimpressive performances, retired from IPL in 2012.

Post-retirement, he is one of the 4 members of the IPL's Governing Council and is also a member of the league's Technical Committee. He was inducted into Mudgal Panel to investigate the IPL spot-fixing scandal. He received the Banga Bibhushan from the West Bengal Government in 2014 and is the co-owner of ISL football team, Atletico De Kolkata.

He is now President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and President of the Editorial Board of Wisden India.