IPL 2022: Who will captain which team?

From Shane Warne to MS Dhoni to Rohit Sharma -- captains have played a major role in the success of teams in the world's most competitive T20 league - the Indian Premier League. As we gear up for the 15th season of the league and the upcoming mega auction, TimesofIndia.com highlights the leaders who are going to shape the fortunes of the ten teams who will compete for the coveted IPL trophy: Chennai Super Kings: MS DhoniOne player synonymous with Chennai Super Kings is their charismatic skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has been part of the franchise since the beginning of the league in 2008. The only time they were apart was when the team was suspended for two years (2016 & 2017) after the betting and match-fixing scandal, when Dhoni captained the Pune franchise.

(Photo credit: BCCI/IPL)Dhoni has led CSK to four IPL titles - 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021, and CSK are the defending champions. No wonder, the team has kept their faith in Dhoni and retained him along with India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, England all-rounder Moeen Ali and last season's Orange Cap winner Ruturaj Gaikwad. At 40, Dhoni is no longer the dreaded finisher with the bat he used to be in his heyday and these days he only plays in the IPL, after retiring from all formats of international cricket. His last two seasons with the bat yielded just 314 runs in 30 IPL games - 200 in 2020 & 114 in 2021, without hitting a fifty. But he remains a skipper par excellence, leading the team to their fourth title last year. Dhoni's IPL Record: M 220 | R 4746 | HS 84* | Av. 39.55 | SR 135.83 | 23x50s | 6s - 219 | Ct - 126 | St - 39 CSK Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Mumbai Indians: Rohit SharmaAnother leader par excellence is