- Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils – 2012) – 3rd
IPL 2012 was one of the best season for Delhi Daredevils (DD) where Virender Sehwag led that team. Under Virender Sehwag’s captaincy, DD performed very well in IPL 2012 while the team had finished at the last position (10th) in the points table in previous IPL season (IPL 2011).
Sehwag had taken captaincy of Delhi Daredevils from the inaugural IPL (IPL 2008). Before IPL 2012, DD once performed well during IPL 2009 where they ended at top of the table after the end of group stage but lost in the semi-final.
In 2012 IPL, Delhi once again performed very well as they finished at top of the table at the end of group stage competition. Out of 16 matches in the group stage of IPL 2012, Delhi won 11 matches. Sehwag led his team from the front as he scored 495 runs in that tournament after playing 16 matches. Sehwag hit 5 half-centuries in the tournament and he ended as fifth most runs scorer of IPL 2012. He batted in his popular aggressive style as he finished with 161.4 strike rate.
Later in play-offs, Delhi Daredevils lost both Qualifiers (Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2) and finished at third position in IPL 2012. Though Delhi Daredevils failed to qualify in final of IPL 2012, but their improving performances in IPL made happy to the IPL fans, specially comparing their performances with previous IPL year (last position at the points table in IPL 2011). Sehwag led his team from the front in IPL 2012 which bought reliability of his team in IPL.