It is highly-likely that IPL 2024 may very well be MS Dhoni’s final T20 championship. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain has not made any assertion about retiring from the league as but however additionally it is true that he won’t be capable to keep it up for one more 12 months as his physique might cease giving him the much-needed help. Dhoni already has a troubled knee and has been seen enjoying with strap on it in earlier editions.
Dhoni will probably be 43 years previous in July this 12 months. How he and CSK go in IPL 2024 might give higher solutions to him so far as leaving or staying is worried. At the identical time, it is vital for CSK to search out the brand new chief. In 2022, an experiment happened as Ravindra Jadeja was named because the captain simply earlier than the league was to start out. However, after a number of losses, Dhoni was renamed the captain of the facet.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan has lastly damaged silence over who can lead CSK after Dhoni calls it quits. Viswanathan says the the following captain is not going to be determined by him or some other high CSK official however the captain and vice-captain will take this name. “See, there have been inside talks. But, Mr. Srinivasan has made it very clear. Let’s not speak about captain and vice-captain appointments. Let’s depart it to the coach and the captain to resolve. Let them resolve and convey the knowledge to me, after which I’ll convey it to you all. He has mentioned that ‘the captain and the coach will decide and give us a directive, till then let’s all preserve quiet’,” Viswanathan instructed former CSK cricketer S Badrinath within the latter’s YouTube present.
Among the candidates who can lead Chennai after Dhoni is finished are Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali. The greatest contender of all of them is Gaikwad, who’s younger and can also be rising right into a mature cricketer. He has additionally spent 4 years in CSK and has sufficient expertise to get the baton from Captain Cool.
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He additionally underlined the significance of qualifying for the knockouts first in IPL 2024. Viswanathan mentioned that CSK’s planning is straightforward: goal the knockouts and see the way it goes from there. “We have always focused on qualifying for the knockouts. That’s our first aim. After that, it depends on the performance on that day. We are following that even now. Before every season, MS Dhoni tells us ‘First let us concentrate on league games. We will look to qualify for the knockouts. Yes, the pressure is there. But over the years, because of our consistency, most of the players are used to this pressure,” he added.
