The first match of IPL 2024 is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, the team of Chennai Super Kings has come on the field with a new captain. With this, CSK has got a new captain after years. The team is playing its first match under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Let us tell you that yesterday i.e. on Thursday, Chennai Super Kings had made a big announcement that MS Dhoni has handed over the captaincy of the team to Ruturaj Gaikwad from this season.
Ruturaj became the fourth captain of CSK
Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the fourth captain to captain Chennai Super Kings on the field as he entered the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Before him, CSK captain MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja had done it on different occasions. Apart from these, no other player has captained CSK till date. CSK’s name is at the forefront in terms of making the least number of captaincy changes in the IPL. Although the names of Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants are ahead of CSK in this list, but both these teams have started playing IPL from the year 2022. Nevertheless, there have been three captains of Gujarat Titans and two of Lucknow Super Giants. Among the old teams, CSK is at the forefront.
List of teams that have changed captains the most in IPL
- Punjab Kings – 15
- Delhi Capitals – 12
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 10
- Mumbai Indians – 09
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 07
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – 07
- Rajasthan Royals – 06
- Chennai Super Kings – 04
- Gujarat Titans – 03
- Lucknow Super Giants – 02
How is Gaikwad’s performance in IPL?
Ruturaj Gaikwad was included in their squad for the first time in IPL during the 2019 auction by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh, but he did not get a chance to make his IPL debut in 2019. In the next season i.e. the year 2020, MS Dhoni gave him a chance and since then he did not look back even once. Gaikwad also won the Orange Cap in IPL 2021 with 635 runs. He has played a total of 52 matches in IPL. Where he has scored 1797 runs at an average of 39.07. Gaikwad is also the white ball captain of Maharashtra in domestic cricket. In such a situation, it is believed that CSK has taken the right decision considering its future plans.
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