However, the domestic cricket batting giant was in awe of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar for leading the side to the top of the table from the front. Notably, RCB, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and Rajasthan Royals (RR) have made it to the IPL 2026 playoffs.
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The Mumbai Indians failed to dominate despite having a strong squad on paper. They finished on the night spot with only 8 points, with skipper Hardik Pandya getting the ninth place in Jaffer’s list.
Ajinkya Rahane ranked above Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag and Axar Patel
DC had a great start to this season as well, but they failed to carry forward the momentum mid-season, leading to another failure to qualify for the playoffs. Riyan Parag surprisingly got sixth place after taking Rajasthan Royals to the playoffs.
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer was picked as the fourth-best captain of this season by Jaffer despite the last season’s finalists failing to qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs. PBKS suffered six back-to-back defeats after six wins in a row, and because of which they failed to make it to the top four.
Shubman Gill got third place after guiding the Gujarat Titans strongly this season. GT finished in the second spot in the table, and they will now face RCB in Qualifier 1. Gill was the key behind the Gujarat Titans’ success as the skipper scored most of the runs for his side, amassing over 600 runs.
Pat Cummins and Ishan Kishan get equal praise and place
He said, “I thought Ishan also played an important role in where SRH has reached and qualified for the playoffs.” And finally, the commentator picked the Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar as the best captain of this season.
Rajat Patidar is my number 1 captain: Wasim Jaffer
Jaffer said, “Number 1 has to be Rajat Patidar because he won the trophy last season. And again, this season, RCB was the first team to qualify and obviously get the top 2 spot. So Rajat Patidar is my number 1 captain.”
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