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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season is starting tomorrow i.e. from March 22 but before that a big twist has come. Just a day before the start of IPL, the Chennai Super Kings franchise has taken a big decision. This time Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not be seen as captain. Now Rituraj Gaikwad will take over the captaincy in place of Dhoni. Let us tell you here that 27 year old star opener Rituraj Gaikwad will captain the Chennai team and he will become the fourth captain of the team. Before this, apart from Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina have also held the captaincy. Dhoni has captained the Chennai team in 212 matches. Whereas Jadeja has captained in 8 matches and Raina in 5 matches.
Jadeja becomes captain in 2022.
In IPL 2022 also, Chennai team announced the new captain a day before. Then Ravindra Jadeja was chosen as their captain. But his move backfired. Chennai team could not perform well under the captaincy of Jadeja. Jadeja's own performance also deteriorated. Then in place of Jadeja, Dhoni had to take over the responsibility of captaincy again in the mid-season.
Chennai won 5 times under Dhoni's captaincy.
Dhoni, 42, retired from international cricket on 15 August 2020. But they play IPL. He has led Chennai Super Kings to the title 5 times under his captaincy. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, the team also won the title in the last season 2023. Then they defeated Gujarat Titans in the final.
Dhoni had given the hint
Dhoni had recently hinted in a post on his Facebook page that he can now be seen in a new role in IPL 2024. This post of his has increased the heartbeats of the fans. Dhoni wrote in the post that he cannot wait for the new season and new 'role'. In his post, Mahi did not tell which character he is going to play. But now everything has become clear from that post.