It’s a new IPL and the Chennai Super Kings have a new captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad. In a surprise move, Chennai Super Kings replaced MS Dhoni as captain with Ruturaj Gaikwad on Thursday. CSK won IPL 2023 under the leadership of MS Dhoni. But he has given enough indications that he will play more of a mentor role in IPL 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad says MS Dhoni hinted that he will lead CSK in 2023. He also made it clear that he wants to lead CSK in his own style.
“It’s an honour. But I want to try and stand in my own shoes and not take anyone else’s position. I knew that last week (about captaincy) but Mahi Bai hinted at it last year. Everyone here Everyone has experience, it’s a pity that we are missing Conway and Pathirana,” he said while kicking off the IPL 2024 opener.
“We have Lachine and Mitchell coming in this year so they should adapt well. The pitch looks good and the hard surface should hold up well in the second innings. Four overseas players – Mitchell, Lachin, Fiz and Tikshana. Domestic player Sameer Rizvi will also make his debut.”
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis won the coin toss and opted to play against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League opener on Friday. After the star-studded opening ceremony, the game was delayed 10 minutes.
Faf du Plessis said while bowling: “We batted first. It looked like a good wicket and the conditions here are wickets batting first. It’s nice to be back here for the first time.” See the Chennai fans again but I’m here with RCB and hopefully we can make a very good CSK team. The preparations have been well done and we need to show up now. A seasoned campaigner brings that experience. It’s really good and our bowling resources are a great fit. There is more backup. Hopefully, the injuries don’t bother us too much. Alzarri Joseph comes on tonight and there are a couple of spinners in the middle. Since we’re batting first, we’ll see how it goes. “
Ruturaj Gaikwad leads the way for the hosts. A day before the tournament opener, he was named CSK captain, succeeding the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who will continue to mentor his successor on the field.
Sameer Rizvi, the 20-year-old uncapped batsman, made his debut for CSK.
Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (centre), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (women), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande.
With PTI input
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