Shocking announcement on the captaincy of CSK, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not be the captain, this time the command has been handed over to a young player. This time a very big news is coming out which will create a sensation that will shake the IPL.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the heartbeat of millions of Cricket lovers, and CSK fans will no longer captain CSK. He has left the captaincy and this time responsibility has been placed on the shoulder of a young player. His name is Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is the new captain of Chennai Super Kings, the announcement has been made and in the Photo shoot of the captains, Ruturaj Gaikwad has come from CSK to represent CSK.
As you can see in this picture, nine full time captains have come and one from Punjab Kings vice-captain Jitesh Sharama has come in place of Shikhar Dhawan.
IPL has also tweeted regarding this that the pictures of the presenting nine captains and new captains in it like: this like the captain of Mumbai Indians is Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer is sitting next to him, behind all the captains who are new captains are standing, Sanju Samson is standing there, SRH’s new captain Pat Cummins is standing there, KL Rahul from LSG. All the teams are visible, but Ruturaj Gaikwad is seen in place of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
It was also officially announced in a separate tweet that this time the captaincy of Chennai is in new hands, there is new shoulder and a new player. There is a young player name is Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has hit almost 14 wickets, has scored more runs than 1000s in IPL for CSK. And also made CSK the Champion last time and this is probably the reason why Mahendra Singh Dhoni has got the aged.
And considering the age factor, he took the decision that he has handed over the responsibility on the shoulders of this young shoulders man.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play as a Cricketer and will also play as a batsman. He will remain on the field. In a way, he is heading over the legacy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will support Ruturaj Gaikwad in the captaincy throughout this season. And because Dhoni has taken the decision that Ruturaj Gaikwad is captaining this year, so maybe this year will be going to be the last year of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. And very soon he may announce that he is retiring from IPL also.
Why did Ruturaj Gaikwad get the captaincy not the others?
Answer to this question that “why did Ruturaj Gaikwad get the Captaincy not the others” like Jadeja is age factor. When Dhoni got the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings in 2008, at that time MS Dhoni was 27 years old. Now another captain 16 years later gets the captaincy at the age of 27 years old and i.e. Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Ajinkya Rahane age is not on the side so that is why he couldn’t get the captaincy. Looking at Ruturaj’s status he got very good record as captain for Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
2021 was the breakthrough year for the Ruturaj Gaikwad, 600 plus runs in the IPL with an average of 51 with 4 consecutive centuries in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, ensured that Ruturaj Gaikwad was one of the guys making big waves in the domestic setup went game to white ball Cricket. With captaincy also he was ensuring that Maharashtra put on consistent Performances in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has a consistent record in IPL and White ball Cricket. If you have to look at it as an opener, if you have to look it as white ball captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad is really impressive and really good.
