Ruturaj Gaikwad reacted to his appointment as the brand new Chennai Super Kings captain on the eve of the opening IPL 2024 sport towards Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on Thursday, March 21.
Chennai Super Kings introduced Ruturaj Gaikwad’s promotion to captain, replacing legendary MS Dhoni a day earlier than the opening sport. Gaikwad, who has been with CSK since 2019, revealed his pleasure to take such an enormous duty and acknowledged that the expertise within the CSK camp will information him within the new function.
“It is a privilege, more than that, it is a huge responsibility but I am really excited because of the kind of group we have,” Ruturaj Gaikwad mentioned in a video shared by CSK on their X web page. “Everyone’s experienced enough so not much of a thing for me to do.”
“Plus I have Mahi bhai in the team, Jaddu bhai and Ajju bhai (Rahane) as well, who has been a great captain, to guide me. So nothing much to worry about. Looking forward to enjoy it.”
Gaikwad, 27, just lately led the Indian cricket group to a Gold medal on the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou and likewise represents his state group Maharashtra within the home tournaments. Gaikwad grew to become the common after a breakthrough season in IPL 2021 the place he received the Orange Cap for scoring 635 runs in 16 innings for the title-profitable aspect.
The proper-handed opener additionally recorded 590 runs in 15 IPL innings final season to assist CSK clinch the report-levelling fifth title beneath MS Dhoni’s management. Gaikwad’s first project comes towards his former opening associate Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2024:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santner, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed. Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizwi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly (wk), Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana.
Injury doubts: Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana.
