New Delhi. 22 March 2024 has become a historic date in the Indian Premier League. This is like the beginning of a new era in IPL, when MS Dhoni will play under the captaincy of a player who is almost 15 years younger than him. Rituraj will be the third player under whose captaincy MS Dhoni will play in the IPL. This historic match of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Chennai Super Kings changed their captain just a day before the start of IPL 2024. Now Rituraj Gaikwad will captain CSK, not MS Dhoni. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the fourth player who will captain Chennai Super Kings. Before him, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja have captained CSK.
MS Dhoni has captained 235 matches in IPL so far. This is the 17th season of IPL. Dhoni played for Chennai Super Kings in 14 of these seasons. In 2016 and 2017, when Chennai Super Kings were banned, Dhoni was seen playing for Rising Pune Supergiants. Dhoni captained Pune in 2016. In the year 2017, Steve Smith was made the captain of Pune Supergiants. In this way, Dhoni played in IPL for the first time under a captain. Smith became Dhoni’s first captain in IPL.
The only team in IPL, which does not have a single player from Australia, Africa and West Indies, still the opponents tremble.
In the year 2022, Chennai Super Kings replaced Dhoni with Ravindra Jadeja as the captain. In this way, Dhoni played under a captain (Jadeja) for the second time in IPL. Now he will play under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad. That is, Steve Smith, Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad are those players under whose captaincy Dhoni has played or will play IPL matches. Let us tell you here that Dhoni has also played a match for CSK under the captaincy of Suresh Raina. But that match was not of IPL, but of Champions League.
Dhoni’s 7 captains, from debut to last international match…
Talking about international matches, Dhoni played under the captaincy of 7 players in his entire career. Their first captain was Saurabh Ganguly. When Dhoni played his debut match in 2003, Ganguly was commanding Team India. Apart from this, he has played under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Mahela Jayawardene.
Dhoni’s 2 foreign captains, Australia and Sri Lanka…
MS Dhoni has also played under the captaincy of two foreign players in his entire career. In 2007, he played 3 ODI matches under the captaincy of Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka. These matches were played between Asia XI and Africa XI. Apart from this, Dhoni has also played under the captaincy of Australia’s Steve Smith. Steve Smith was the captain of IPL team Pune Supergiants. MS Dhoni was also a member of this team.
Test matches played under the captaincy of 3 players
MS Dhoni has played 90 test matches. He himself was the captain in 60 of these matches. He played the remaining 30 matches under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid or Anil Kumble or Virender Sehwag. Similarly, Dhoni played a total of 98 T20 International matches. Of these, he himself captained in 72 matches. Apart from this, he has played 18 matches under the captaincy of Virat and 7 matches under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Virender Sehwag has also captained a T20 match in which Dhoni played.
Similarly, Dhoni has played a total of 350 ODI matches. Out of these, he himself captained 200 matches, while 150 matches were played under other captains. In the ODI format, Dhoni played maximum 65 matches under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. Apart from this, Dhoni has played ODI matches under the captaincy of Saurabh Ganguly, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 22, 2024, 09:37 IST