Last Updated: March 21, 2024, 18:09 IST
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan and MS Dhoni
Ruturaj Gaikwad changed legendary MS Dhoni as the Chennai Super Kings captain forward of 2024 Indian Premier League.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni “handed” over the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captaincy to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on Thursday, forward of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL).
MS Dhoni stepped down from captaincy in his trademark type, with out anybody figuring out that he would achieve this.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan even revealed that he himself didn’t know that Dhoni could be relinquishing management.
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“Whatever Dhoni does, it is in the best interest of the team. I got to know of the decision just before the captains’ meeting. You have to respect his decision, it is his call,” CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan was quoted as saying by PTI.
CSK had tried the management transition even in the 2022 version nevertheless it didn’t work out with Ravindra Jadeja handing again the captaincy duties to Dhoni after eight video games.
“It didn’t work out at that time, this is different,” Viswanathan added.
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“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. The team looks forward to the upcoming season,” CSK’s official statment learn.
Gaikwad, who has performed six ODIs and 19 T20s for India, made his CSK debut in 2020 and has gone on to characterize the group in 52 video games.
The trendy opener had a memorable run final yr, aggregating 590 runs in 16 video games at a formidable strike charge of 147.50. His breakout yr was 2021 when he amassed 635 runs in 16 video games.
The 27-year-old from Maharashtra will not be new to captaincy, having led the Indian group to the gold medal in the Asian Games final yr.
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As for the 42-year-old MSD, who performed with a dodgy knee final season, underwent a surgical procedure after main CSK to their fifth title.
Dhoni has performed as many as 250 IPL matches, scoring greater than 5000 runs at a strike charge of 135.92.
Due to his knee points, Dhoni pushed himself down to quantity 8 in the batting order final season however after regaining full health, he’s anticipated to bat larger up this version.
Former India pacer Irfan Pathan met Dhoni not too long ago and claimed that the latter seems to be in fine condition following the knee surgical procedure.
(With inputs from Agencies)
