CSK made a heart breaking decision but for long term it will benefit for CSK team. A day before the start of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings has made a surprising decision and replaced MS Dhoni with Ruturaj Gaikwad as captain.
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It is the speculation that this time Dhoni can announced the retirement and this could be Mahendra Singh Dhoni's last IPL, after which he would have to find a new captain. Perhaps keeping this in mind, Chennai Super Kings announced the new captain in the presence of Dhoni. Now in the opening match of IPL 2024 on March 22, Chennai Super Kings will be in the hands of Ruturaj Gaikwad, while Royal Challengers Bangalore will be led by Faf Du Plessis.
CSK made a heart breaking decision but for long term it will benefit for CSK team. Just a day before the start of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings made a shocking decision and replaced MS Dhoni with fellow batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad as the new captain of the team. The reason behind this is believed to be that Dhoni wants to prepare a new captain while staying in Chennai Super Kings, so that the team does not have much trouble after his departure. In the 2022 season, Dhoni had also tried to do this, but Ravindra Jadeja could not succeed much and felt himself under pressure.
Chennai Super Kings have won the IPL title 5 times under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. On the other hand, Ruturaj Gaikwad led India to gold at the Asian Games. Gaikwad is regarded as one of India's best T20I players and has also played for Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Last season, Gaikwad was Chennai's second-highest run-scorer with 590 runs in 16 matches.
Gaikwad played his first IPL match under Dhoni's captaincy. Since then, in three seasons, Ruturaj has scored 1797 runs in 52 matches at an average of 39. He has scored 1 century and 14 half-centuries. Gaikwad has so far played 19 T20Is and 6 ODIs for India, in which he has been able to impress at the international level in the shorter formats of cricket. He has batted in 17 T20 innings for India and scored 500 runs.
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