Chennai Super Kings’ hopes of qualifying for the play-offs came to an end on Thursday after the MS Dhoni-led squad suffered a five-wicket loss at Wankhede Stadium against the Mumbai Indians. CSK, who batted first, were tied for 97, and in the end, Mumbai Indians took a comfortable win. As their hopes for play-offs are gone, it would be interesting to see how CSK approach the last two games in the league stage and it should also be seen if Dhoni returns as skipper of CSK next season.
Former Indian batter Virender Sehwag has said that Ruturaj Gaikwad has glimpsed a good leader and can be someone to lead CSK.
“He is captain of Maharashtra. He is very quiet in his demeanor. Even if he scores a 100, it will not resemble his behavior that he has scored that much. Even if he scores zero, his mannerisms are the same. You cannot distinguished from his expressions that he is very happy after scoring 100 or he is very sad after scoring 0. He is very calm, he has shown all the glimpses of being a good captain,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.
“He has been captain in first-class cricket; he has the idea how to master the game. Anyone can have a good season, if he plays 3-4 seasons, so he can be someone who can be a captain for the long term after Dhoni become.” “I can just give my opinion, but the last decision is with CSK. Why does everyone rate MS Dhoni so highly? He is very cool; he makes his own decisions and he has the luck factor with him. But luck is in favor of those making brave decisions So I think Ruturaj Gaikwad has all the qualities, I don’t know if he will bring the luck factor, but he has all the other qualities that MS Dhoni has,” he continued.
In the current season, Gaikwad has scored 313 points in 12 games at an average of 26.08, with his highest score being 99 against SunRisers Hyderabad.
Former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja also agreed with Sehwag, saying there is a lack of captain’s armbands, so Ruturaj seems the most likely choice.
“You have no choices. If you made someone the captain after MS Dhoni, who would you go for? The only choice you have is what Viru (Virender Sehwag) said. The time of Robin Uthappa is over, the time of Ambati Rayudu is over, Devon Conway just got in, Dwayne Bravo won’t be there long either. If you’re looking at spin options, you’ve already tried Ravindra Jadeja. You invested so much in Deepak Chahar, but his injury is so, you know What’s going to happen to him? You never know with injuries,” said Jadeja.
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Before the start of IPL 2022, Dhoni had stepped down as CSK skipper and Jadeja was given the reins of the team. However, after eight games into the season, the captaincy was returned to Dhoni as Jadeja wanted to focus on his own game.
CSK is currently in ninth position in the IPL points table with 8 points from 12 matches.
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