In IPL 2024, Indian young player Rituraj Gaikwad was seen captaining Chennai Super Kings. His first season as captain was good, although the team could not reach the playoffs. But Rituraj has impressed everyone with his captaincy.

Rituraj Gaikwad is currently captaining Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024. In this league, the young player has surprised everyone with his brilliant wicketkeeping skills. The video of which is going viral on social media. Fans say that now Rituraj is going to replace Dhoni behind the wicket in the next IPL.

Rituraj Gaikwad showed amazing performance behind the wicket

Rituraj Gaikwad has also made a great debut behind the wicket for Puneri Bappa. On the very first ball of the innings, he dived and stopped the wide ball from going to the boundary. This video of Rituraj is creating a lot of buzz as soon as it came on the internet. However, it is too early to say whether Rituraj will be seen wicketkeeping for CSK in place of Dhoni in IPL 2025. But if Rituraj shows his talent in this too, then he can completely replace Dhoni.

Watch the video of Rituraj Gaikwad wicketkeeping here-

Ruturaj Gaikwad 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 for Puneri Bappa 🧤#MaharashtraPremierLeague#JioCinemaSports#MPLonJioCinema #MPLonSports18 pic.twitter.com/8WqsmSa5Sr

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) June 17, 2024

Playing for Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024, Rituraj has so far scored 290 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 168.60 and an average of 48.33. Which includes 2 half-centuries. But the performance of his team is very poor.

Puneri Bappa has won only two out of 8 matches so far, and has lost 6 matches. The team is at the bottom of the points table. Ratnagiri Jets is at the first position by winning 5 out of 9 matches and Kolhapur Tuskers is at the second position by winning 5 out of 9 matches.