Ruturaj Gaikwad Captain for CSK in IPL 2024

Franchises are gearing up for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). The name of the new captain is being heard for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team. There is a discussion about who will be the successor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni). Meanwhile, the name of young player Ruturaj Gaikwad has been heard.

Ruturaj Gaikwad who made his IPL debut in 2019 has done well in just 4 years. In the Asia Games, he led the team as the captain of the Indian senior team and won the title. Apart from that, he has also appeared in the race for the future captain of Team India.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, who played only 6 IPL matches in 2020, scored a total of 204 runs, including the highest 72 runs. It included 3 fifties. But in the 2021 IPL season, he batted in 16 matches as an opener for Chennai Super Kings and scored 625 runs including 1 century and 4 fifties.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has played 14 matches in the 2022 edition, scored 368 runs including 3 fifties. But in this IPL, he made a comeback and played an important role in Chennai Super Kings winning the IPL trophy by scoring 590 runs including 4 half-centuries in 16 matches.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad, who joined the Chennai team for just Rs 20 lakh, has remained in the Chennai team for the amount of 6 crores in the last two seasons. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is batting for Chennai this time too, is likely to become the captain of the Chennai Super Kings team.

CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retired from international cricket. There are rumors that he will announce his retirement from the IPL and become the mentor of the Chennai team. In the 2020 season itself, Chennai Super Kings appointed Ravindra Jadeja as the captain.

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Ravindra Jadeja led CSK not performed well in that entire series. Ravindra Jadeja step down of the team in middle of the series. After that again Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the team. Last time, Dhoni won the IPL trophy as the captain of the team. Some report says that MS Dhoni is likely to stay away from the captaincy this time.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is currently in great form and also a young player. It is a plus point for Gaikwad that he led Team India and won the trophy as a captain. He is also a disciple of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. If Gaikwad is the captain in this time’s IPL, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be guided by the team’s calculation.

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CSK has not released any official information regarding this till now. But this time it is almost fixed that Chennai team will enter the arena with a new captain. It remains to be seen if the champions of the last time will perform in such a manner this time.