Captains most runs in IPL Playoffs: IPL tournament is considered very difficult. Be it a bowler or a batsman, everyone gets challenged by world class players. At the same time, as a captain, the batsmen are also under pressure to make their team do well and perform themselves. You get many matches in the league stage but the path becomes difficult in the playoffs. Despite this, there have been many captains who scored a lot of runs in the playoffs and now the name of Shreyas Iyer has also been added to this list, who took his team to the finals by scoring an unbeaten half-century in the first Qualifier 1 of IPL 2024.

On the basis of his innings, Iyer has secured fourth place in the list of captains who have scored the most runs in the playoffs. In this article, we are going to mention all those 5 captains who have recorded the most runs in playoff matches.

These 5 captains have batted the most in IPL playoffs

5. Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir, who made Kolkata Knight Riders champion twice under his captaincy, is at the fifth place in this list. Apart from Kolkata team, Gambhir also played for Delhi in the league but he got a chance to go to the playoffs only with KKR. During this, Gambhir scored 134 runs.

4. Shreyas Iyer

Leaving behind Gautam Gambhir is also the current captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, Shreyas Iyer. So far in his career, Iyer has reached the playoffs with Delhi Capitals and Kolkata teams. 177 runs have come from his bat. He may get a chance to bat once more in the final of IPL 2024, due to which his number of runs may increase.

3. David Warner

Australia's powerful opener David Warner has achieved a lot of success in the IPL and as captain, he also made Sunrisers Hyderabad the champion in the 2016 season. Warner played an important role in the success of Hyderabad. While being the captain, he scored 246 runs in the playoffs.

2. Rohit Sharma

Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has also performed well in the playoffs and he is at second place in this list. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Mumbai team won the trophy five times. During this period, 258 runs were scored from his bat in the playoff.

1. MS Dhoni

Former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni ranks first in terms of scoring most runs in the playoffs. Under the leadership of Dhoni, CSK captured the trophy five times and reached the playoffs a total of 12 times. During this period, 473 runs came from Dhoni's bat.