IPL 2024: MS Dhoni leaves the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings, Rituraj Gaikwad is the new captain
Before IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings has surprised everyone by announcing the new captain. The big news is that MS Dhoni has suddenly left the captaincy and now Rituraj Gaikwad has been made the new captain of Chennai. Dhoni had won the IPL for the fifth time last season and now he has handed over the command of the team to Gaikwad.
Dhoni’s captaincy record
Dhoni not only made Chennai win the IPL five times, but he also got the team a place in the finals five times. He is the only captain who has played 10 IPL finals. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, Chennai became champions in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023. At the same time, he took the team to the finals in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019.
*Chennai played 226 matches under Dhoni’s captaincy
*Chennai won 133 matches under Dhoni’s captaincy, lost 91
*The win percentage under Dhoni’s captaincy was 59.38 percent.
*Dhoni scored 4660 runs as captain
*As captain, 22 half-centuries came from Dhoni’s bat.
*Dhoni hit 218 sixes and 320 fours as captain.
Rituraj Gaikwad is the new captain of CSK
Rituraj Gaikwad has been made the new captain of Chennai Super Kings. Before the start of IPL, there is a photoshoot of the captains in which Gaikwad arrived in place of Dhoni. Rituraj Gaikwad has played only 3 seasons for Chennai so far. He made his debut in 2020 and in the first season he could play only 6 matches. But in 2021 he got a full chance and this player scored 635 runs with the help of a century and 4 half-centuries. In 2022, only 368 runs came off Gaikwad’s bat, but in the last season, Gaikwad made the team champion by scoring 590 runs in 16 matches. Gaikwad has played 52 matches in IPL so far and has scored 1797 runs at an average of more than 39. His strike rate is also more than 135.
Rituraj Gaikwad has good experience of captaincy.
He captains Maharashtra in Ranji. Also, Team India won the gold medal in the Asian Games under his captaincy. Dhoni knows his leadership qualities and this is the reason why Gaikwad has got the captaincy.
