IPL CSK Team Update: Ruturaj Gaikwad Replaces MS Dhoni As Chennai Super Kings Skipper

IPL CSK Team Update: The Chennai Super Kings Skipper (CSK) on Thursday named young batter Ruturaj Gaikwad as new skipper for the team in place of MS Dhoni. The Chennai franchise made the official announcement through a post on social media platform X, in which, CSK said MS Dhoni has stepped down from captaincy and handed over the reigns of the team to Rururaj Gaikwad.

"MS Dhoni has handed over Chennai Super Kings' captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of the start of TATA IPL 2024. Ruturaj has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2019 and has played 52 matches in IPL during this period. The team looks forward to the upcoming season," the official statement from CSK reads.

Chennai Super Kings won the cup under MS Dhoni's leadership five times and now the big responsibility to lead the Yellow army is on young Gaikwad's shoulders.

A hint for the big change was dropped by MS Dhoni a couple of weeks ago through a post on Facebook, which had sparked the speculation that MSD may step down and the 42-year-old cricketer may play only as a wicketkeeper or mentor the team from the dugouts.

However, the picture is still not clear whether MS Dhoni will play this season or not.

Chennai Super Kings Team for IPL 2024:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman and Avanish Rao Aravelly.