It’ a brand new IPL and Chennai Super Kings have recent captain in Ruturaj Gaikwad. On Thursday, Chennai Super Kings sprang a shock by changing MS Dhoni with Ruturaj Gaikwad as skipper. Under MS Dhoni, CSK gained the IPL 2023. But he had given sufficient indication that he can be enjoying in additional of a mentorship position in IPL 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad mentioned that MS Dhoni hinted him in 2023 that he would lead CSK. He additionally made it clear that he desires to steer CSK in his personal model.

“Feel privileged. But I want to try and be in my shoes, not fill anybody’s shoes. (On captaincy) I got to know last week, but Mahi bhai hinted at it last year. Everyone is experienced here, sadly we are missing Conway and Pathirana,” he mentioned on the toss of the IPL 2024 opener.

“We’ve got Rachin and Mitchell coming in though this year so they should fit in well. Looks like a good pitch, a hard surface that should hold up well for the second innings. Four overseas – Mitchell, Rachin, Fizz and Theekshana. The domestic player Sameer Rizvi is making his debut as well.”

Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis gained the toss and opted to bat towards defending champions Chennai Super Kings within the Indian Premier League opener on Friday. The toss was delayed by 10 minutes following a star-studded opening ceremony.

Speaking on the time of the toss, Faf du Plessis mentioned, “We’ll bat first. Looks like a good wicket, conditions here are a bat-first wicket. First time back here, great to see the Chennai fans again but I’m here with RCB and hopefully we can turn over a very good CSK team. Prep has been good, we need to turn up now. A seasoned campaigner brings that experience. Really good, our bowling resources fit well. Got more backup. Hopefully, injuries don’t bother us too much. Alzarri Joseph comes in tonight, got a few spinners in the middle. And since we are batting first, we’ll see how it goes.”

Ruturaj Gaikwad is main the hosts. He was named CSK captain a day earlier than the event opener, changing the good Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who will proceed to information his successor within the discipline.

Twenty-year-old uncapped batter Sameer Rizvi was handed his CSK debut.

Teams: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (w), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande.

With PTI inputs