Before the 2024 IPL, MS Dhoni will be replaced as captain of CSK by Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Ruturaj Gaikwad supplanted MS Dhoni as the captain of the Chennai Super Kings in front of IPL 2024.

Ruturaj Gaikwad supplanted MS Dhoni as the captain of the Chennai Super Kings in front of IPL 2024. The declaration came after Gaikwad went to the commanders’ gathering in front of the current year’s opposition in Chennai on Thursday. MS Dhoni has been the commander of CSK since the debut of the IPL, and he has brought home the championship multiple times—the joint-most by any captain close to Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma. Gaikwad, who has played six ODIs and 19 T20s for India, made his CSK debut in 2020 and has proceeded to address the five-time IPL champions in 52 games. The right-handed opener had a vital run last year, collecting 590 runs in 16 games at a noteworthy strike pace of 147.50.

“MS Dhoni has given over Chennai Super Kings captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad in front of the beginning of Goodbye IPL 2024. Ruturaj has been a vital piece of the Chennai Super Lords since around 2019 and has played 52 matches in the IPL during this period,” CSK said in an explanation on their site.

“The group anticipates the forthcoming season,” the assertion added.

Dhoni has had one of the most rousing excursions in sports history. From filling in as a ticket gatherer at a rail station, he became India’s greatest prize authority, driving the group to the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, and the ICC Champions Prize 2013 as captain.

Dhoni has driven CSK to five IPL titles in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023. Dhoni has likewise driven CSK to two CLT20 titles in 2010 and 2014. With this, he isn’t just the best chief in that frame of mind, but cricket overall.

The right-handed hitter has played 250 IPL matches, generally for CSK, other than a spell with the Rising Pune Supergiant from 2016 to 2017. In these matches, he has scored 5,082 runs at a normal of 38.79. He has likewise scored 24 half-hundreds of years in the competition. He likewise has 142 catches and 42 stumpings.

CSK will confront Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2024 in Chennai on Friday.

CSK squad for IPL 2024: MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, and Avanish Rao Aravelly.