The defending champions will try to win another match, this time under the captaincy of new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad took over the captaincy from experienced captain MS Dhoni. Dhoni had won the trophy for CSK five times under his captaincy. Dhoni is playing as a player this season and many people believe that this is MS’s last IPL season.
Worldwide ms dhoni Highlighting the skyrocketing popularity for Dhoni, former CSK batsman Ambati Rayudu said that in the eyes of the fans, Dhoni is bigger than the franchise. Rayudu said in Star Sports show that, “Even when you hit a six and a four, the crowd remains silent, Jadeja and I have felt that over the years.
I truly believe when I say this that CSK fans are MS Dhoni fans first, and CSK fans second. Even Jadeja gets frustrated, but he can’t do anything.” Let us tell you that, so far, Dhoni has batted in 10 out of 13 matches of CSK, scoring 136 runs with an excellent strike rate of 226.67.
However, like last season, this season too MS Dhoni has been troubled by his knee injury. Let us tell you that Dhoni has been associated with CSK since the beginning of IPL in 2008. When CSK was banned in 2016 and 2017, Dhoni played for other teams.