MS Dhoni (L) and Rohit Sharma© BCCI
It was the ”finish of an period” as MS Dhoni stepped down because the Chennai Tremendous Kings captain and he was changed by Ruturaj Gaikwad for the IPL 2024 season. The announcement got here on Thursday simply after the captains’ meet forward of the opening match between CSK and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. Dhoni was appointed the skipper of CSK again within the inaugural IPL season in 2008 and below his management, CSK gained 5 IPL titles – the joint-most by any staff within the historical past of the match together with Mumbai Indians. Following the announcement, Indian cricket staff skipper Rohit Sharma took to social media to react to the information and his publish has already gone viral.
Rohit, who was additionally changed because the Mumbai Indians skipper forward of the match, posted an image of himself with Dhoni together with a handshake emoji. Rohit was changed by Hardik Pandya who accomplished a sensational commerce transfer to MI from Gujarat Titans forward of the brand new season.
MS Dhoni ”handed” over the CSK captaincy to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on the eve of the IPL opener, a surprising choice that’s certain to ship hypothesis swirling on his taking part in future with the franchise.
Rohit Sharma’s publish on MS Dhoni stepping down as CSK captain
In a publish on X, the Indian Premier League made the announcement a day earlier than CSK tackle Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The five-time champions issued a short assertion quickly after.
IPL won’t ever be the identical after this
Two GOAT IPL Captains
— Ash (@Ashsay_) March 21, 2024
”MS Dhoni has handed over Chennai Tremendous Kings’ captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad forward of the beginning of TATA IPL 2024. Ruturaj has been an integral a part of Chennai Tremendous Kings since 2019 and has performed 52 matches in IPL throughout this era. The staff seems ahead to the upcoming season,” mentioned CSK.
The bond between rohit and dhoni may be very sturdy
— Ankit Verma (@TechyWicket) March 21, 2024
There’s hypothesis that Dhoni will retire on the finish of the season and subsequently the franchise felt the necessity for a clean transition within the stalwart’s presence as a participant.
Gaikwad, who has performed six ODIs and 19 T20s for India, made his CSK debut in 2020 and has gone on to characterize the staff in 52 video games.
(With PTI inputs)
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