Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has ranked IPL teams based on their performances from 2021 to 2026. He also kept five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the bottom place as well. However, Chopra considered win percentage his first criterion for ranking the teams as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “The team at No. 1 has won only one trophy, but they have played three finals. In their five-year history, they have qualified four times and played three finals. The team is the Gujarat Titans. Their win percentage is 59.49. No team has won matches more consistently than them in this decade. The current champions are at No. 2, which means the team that has lifted two consecutive trophies, and that’s RCB. They have qualified for the playoffs five times in the previous six years. Their win percentage is 58.69, which is just behind the Gujarat Titans.”

“The team at No. 3 is going to slightly shock you because they haven’t won even one trophy. If you have won exactly 50 percent of your matches, haven’t won a trophy, and qualified for the playoffs only once in the last six years, you have a problem. This is Delhi Capitals. It means that in the qualification matches, they come so near and then stay too far,” he again stated.

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“You would be surprised that the team that comes next in terms of win percentage is the Rajasthan Royals. They haven’t won a single trophy. They played one final in 2022 and have qualified for the playoffs three times. Their win percentage is 48.35,” the former KKR player noted. “The Kolkata Knight Riders come after them in terms of win percentage. They have qualified twice. They played the final in 2021 and lifted the trophy in 2024, but haven’t qualified apart from that. Their win percentage is 48.31,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also kept the CSK at the sixth spot despite their two title wins in the last six IPL seasons because of
their poor win percentage.

“Everyone’s favorite team, the Chennai Super Kings, comes after that. Their win percentage is 47.72, and that’s why they are below. They have qualified twice and won the trophy both times. The problem is that they have started losing now. They have been below par even though they have as many trophies as RCB in this decade. Then, another surprising one, the Lucknow Super Giants, because they have won 47.22 percent of their matches. They have qualified in two seasons, 2022 and 2023, but 2024 to 2026 hasn’t been good. This team is above Hyderabad and Punjab in terms of win percentage,” he again shared.

“Punjab have played a final, but they come after Lucknow. Their win percentage is only 47.12. They have qualified just once. That’s the other problem. They have qualified only once in six years. The SunRisers Hyderabad, believe it or not, their win percentage is 42.04. This is a bit of a shocking news. They changed the playing approach, but have won just 42 percent of their matches. They have qualified twice for the playoffs,” he expressed.

“Only one team is left now, the five-time champions, it’s the Mumbai Indians. Their win percentage is 42.04. Theirs and Hyderabad’s is identical. They have also qualified only two times. Since SRH have played the final once, we have kept them above,” Aakash Chopra concluded.