Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Seniors can help new captains Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya find their feet. Gaikwad has the M.S. Dhoni touch, while Gill can pick the brains of Kane Williamson. Pandya, too, needs ideas from Rohit Sharma.

IPL 2024: Dhoni decided to step down as skipper of CSK just ahead of the start of this new season. CSK dressing room was emotional and several players had tears in their eyes as this decision was announced. Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead CSK in IPL 2024.

"It is a privilege. More than that, it is a huge responsibility but I am really excited because of the kind of group we have. Everyone's experienced enough so not much of a thing for me to do," said Gaikwad in a short video posted by CSK on social media.

IPL 2024: Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named as captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after Dhoni stepped down as skipper just a day ahead of the start of T20 league.

Chennai Super Kings IPL 2024 Team: Ruturaj Gaikwad, 27, has 1,797 IPL runs, including 14 fifties and a hundred, at 135.52 strike-rate.

Kohli had travelled to South Africa as part of the Indian squad for the two-Test series, which will begin here on December 26.

Rinku Singh, batting in India colours for the first time, smashed 38 off 21 balls to give the total the impetus it needed as 42 came off last two overs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad got married to his long-time girlfriend Utkarsha Pawar in Mahabaleshwar on Saturday.

Sai Sudarshan and Tilak Verma are looked at as India material in all the formats. They have shown that they belong there, from whatever they have performed in IPL 2022, and this year so far.

Indian Premier League: Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed his second successive fifty and shared 110 runs for the opening wicket with Conway (47 off 29) as CSK posted a commanding 217 for 7 after being sent into bat.

Both Smith and Shanaka went unsold in the IPL auction earlier this year. Williamson had played for Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2015, and captained them fully in 2018 and 2022, and partially in 2019 and 2021.

Indian Premier League 2023: In the form of his life over the past three months, Gill played some jaw-dropping strokes in his 63 off 36 balls to set up a fine win for the home team. Titans got home in 19.2 overs.

The clip went viral on social media with people calling Ruturaj Gaikwad's behaviour towards the groundsman disrespectful.

Ruturaj Gaikwad birthday: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) picked up the Pune-based cricketer in 2019. He made his IPL debut against Rajasthan Royals in 2020.