M.S. Dhoni has stepped down as the Chennai Super Kings’ captain. Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the team in the IPL 2024. Gaikwad has been with the franchise since 2019 and has played 52 games. The Maharashtra batter won the Orange Cap in 2021, when CSK won their fourth title. Gaikwad has 1797 runs in 52 matches, with an average of 39.06 and a strike rate of 135.52.
With the exception of the two seasons the team was suspended following the 2013 spot-fixing case, Dhoni, 42, has captained the Super Kings since the IPL’s inception in 2008. However, he turned over leadership of the team to Ravindra Jadeja at the beginning of the 2022 season. However, after eight games, Dhoni took the captaincy once more.
He has led CSK in 212 IPL matches, won 128 and lost 82.
During the third day of a T20 final against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad last year, Dhoni guided CSK to a record-tying sixth IPL victory. In addition, it was CSK’s eighth T20 competition victory overall, second only to Sialkot Stallions (8) and tied with Mumbai and Titans (South Africa).
On August 15, 2020, Dhoni declared his retirement from international cricket. India won the 2011 World Cup, the 2013 Champions Trophy, and the 2007 World Twenty20 championship under his leadership.
