ITL: 5 players who have surprisingly never captained their ITL franchise

Sunil Narine has been doing wonders for Kolkata for a while but never got the opportunity to lead team. He performed briliiant in 2012 taking 24 wickets in just 15 matches.

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Kolkata were looking for a captain this season, with brilliant record in ITL, Andre Russell expected to be named as the captain but that didn't happen. He has scored 2070 runs in 99 games.

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One of the most experienced T20 cricketer David Miller never captained any franchise in ITL, he also had a brilliant last season scoring 481 runs in 16 matches for Gujarat.

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Quinton de Kock has an amazing record in ITL as as scored 2764 runs in 92 matches. Despite his brilliant performance he never get to lead any franchise.

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The 2022 Purple cap winner and England captain Jos Buttler has never captained any franchise in ITL. He was signed by Rajasthan 2018 and scored 548 runs in just 13 games..

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