Kerala star batter Sanju Samson was given the responsibility of leading the Rajasthan Royals (RR) side in the prestigious Indian Premier League (IPL) in the year 2021. He captained the Rajasthan team for three seasons. Sanju Samson has a magnificent IPL captaincy record as his team reached the Final of the 2022 season.
Sanju Samson captaincy record in IPL
Sanju Samson captained in 45 matches of IPL. He has won 22 matches and lost 23.
| Matches | wins | losses | win% |
| 45 | 22 | 23 | 48.89% |
Sanju Samson record as captain
In the debut season as a captain, Sanju performed exceptionally well. He scored 484 runs in IPL 2021 with one T20 century. In 2022 and 2023, He smashed 458 and 362 respectively.
| Seasons | matches | runs | highest score | average | 100s | 50s |
| 2021 | 14 | 484 | 119 | 40.33 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 17 | 458 | 55 | 28.63 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 14 | 362 | 66* | 30.17 | 0 | 3 |
Sanju Samson overall IPL record
The right-hand batter started playing in the IPL in the 2013 season. Sanju has featured in 152 games in 11 seasons. He has scored so far 3888 runs with an average of 29.23. He has bagged 3 centuries and 20 half-centuries.
| matches | runs | highest score | average | strike rate | 100s | 50s |
| 152 | 3888 | 119 | 29.23 | 137.19 | 3 | 20 |
Sanju captaincy record against all teams
Sanju has an excellent captaincy record against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). RR has four matches and lost just one in the Sanju led team. RR has a winning percentage of 80%.
| Teams | matches | wins | losses | win% |
| MI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| RCB | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.57 |
| CSK | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80 |
| GT | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| SRH | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| KKR | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| PBKS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| LSG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.67 |
| DC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
RR captains records
There have been six captains who have led Rajasthan Royals. Legendary cricketers like Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid have led the team for a few seasons.
| Players | matches | wins | losses | tied | no result | win% |
| Shane Warne | 55 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 55.45 |
| Rahul Dravid | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Steve Smith | 27 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 57.69 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Shane Watson | 21 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| Sanju Samson | 45 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 48.89 |
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