MS Dhoni resigns from CSK captaincy, Ruturaj Gaikwad becomes the new captain

IPL 2024: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has left the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings a day before the new season of the Indian Premier League. dashing opener Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK has appointed him as the new captain. This has been revealed through a post shared on the official Twitter handle of the Indian Premier League. IPL has posted a picture of the captains of all 10 teams with the IPL trophy on Twitter (earlier Twitter). Earlier, in an IPL post, he posted his picture with Shubman Gill and wrote that introducing Ruturaj Gaikwad, the new captain of Chennai Super Kings. After this, in a post with pictures of captains, Ruturaj Gaikwad is seen standing as the captain. It is written above the post. Captain of nine teams and vice-captain of Punjab Kings, Jitesh Sharma is in this picture. It is now clear that Dhoni has left the captaincy. Dhoni had indicated this through a post on Facebook a few days ago. Now it will be interesting to see what will be Dhoni’s role in the team.

IPL 2024: CSK made official announcement

After the official post of IPL, Chennai Super Kings also officially shared this information on X and wrote that MS Dhoni has handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Ruturaj has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2019 and has played 52 matches in the IPL during this period. The team is looking forward to the upcoming season. But it is not mentioned in the release which new role has been given to Dhoni. Dhoni had written on Facebook that new season, new role, can’t wait any longer. Last year, Ruturaj had scored 590 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 147.50.