The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday, March 21 confirmed Ruturaj Gaikwad as the brand new captain of five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Gaikwad, who has been with franchise since 2019, has been an integral a part of the CSK facet from IPL 2021 onwards when he gained the Orange Cap scoring 635 runs in a season, which the Men in Yellow ended up successful. Gaikwad has led Team India in three T20Is within the Asian Games the place the Men in Blue gained Gold and even captained his state facet Maharashtra in white-ball video games in home cricket.
The Super Kings confirmed the event instantly after IPL’s affirmation. “MS Dhoni has handed over Chennai Super Kings’ captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of the start of TATA IPL 2024. Ruturaj has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2019 and has played 52 matches in IPL during this period,” a CSK launch stated.
CSK has been trying to place the succession plan in movement since 2022 when MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja. However, Dhoni obtained again captaincy when the crew did not get the fascinating outcomes. Dhoni led CSK in the remainder of the fifteenth version of the IPL after which in 2023 as nicely the place he led the facet to their fifth title. However, with the 2024 version being anticipated to be his last season, the captaincy change is just not as shocking.
Under Dhoni, CSK gained 5 IPL titles and two Champions League T20 titles whereas being essentially the most constant crew within the historical past of the match within the 14 seasons they’ve performed. This implies that Dhoni’s legendary period as a captain has formally ended the place he led CSK in 226 matches within the IPL, most for any captain and the crew gained 133 out of them.Â
With such a strong squad on the disposal and Dhoni to information him from behind the stumps, CSK will hope for a profitable season below Gaikwad, who’s prone to lead the franchise for a variety of years to come back.
