Ruturaj Gaikwad reacted to his appointment as the brand new Chennai Tremendous Kings captain on the eve of the opening IPL 2024 recreation towards Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on Thursday, March 21.
Chennai Tremendous Kings introduced Ruturaj Gaikwad’s promotion to captain, changing legendary MS Dhoni a day earlier than the opening recreation. Gaikwad, who has been with CSK since 2019, revealed his pleasure to take such an enormous accountability and acknowledged that the expertise within the CSK camp will information him within the new position.
“It’s a privilege, greater than that, it’s a enormous accountability however I’m actually excited due to the form of group now we have,” Ruturaj Gaikwad mentioned in a video shared by CSK on their X web page. “Everybody’s skilled sufficient so not a lot of a factor for me to do.”
“Plus I’ve Mahi bhai within the group, Jaddu bhai and Ajju bhai (Rahane) as effectively, who has been an incredible captain, to information me. So nothing a lot to fret about. Wanting ahead to take pleasure in it.”
Gaikwad, 27, just lately led the Indian cricket group to a Gold medal on the Asian Video games 2023 in Hangzhou and likewise represents his state group Maharashtra within the home tournaments. Gaikwad turned the common after a breakthrough season in IPL 2021 the place he received the Orange Cap for scoring 635 runs in 16 innings for the title-winning facet.
The correct-handed opener additionally recorded 590 runs in 15 IPL innings final season to assist CSK clinch the record-levelling fifth title beneath MS Dhoni’s management. Gaikwad’s first task comes towards his former opening associate Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
Chennai Tremendous Kings squad for IPL 2024:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santner, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed. Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizwi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly (wk), Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana.
Damage doubts: Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana.
