Ahead of the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on Friday, there is big news that the captain of the defending champion team, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has handed over the captaincy to Rituraj Gaekwad. .
After Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision, he will play a full season as a player for the first time in the history of the league.
The news came a day before the scheduled first match of IPL 17 between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai’s Cheppuk Stadium on Friday.
According to cricket coverage website ‘Cricinfo’, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed as the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the first season of the IPL in 2008, but in 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was made the captain of the team.
Under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings played a total of 235 matches (IPL and Champions League T20).
Under his leadership, CSK won the IPL in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023.
Similarly, under the captaincy of ‘Captain Cool’, Chennai Super Kings also won the Champions League T20 trophy in 2010 and 2014.
On the other hand, 27-year-old Rituraj Gaikwad from Pune, Maharashtra, has scored 1797 runs at an average of 39 by playing 52 matches for the Chennai Super Kings.
It should be noted that MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket in 2019, but he is playing IPL regularly.
