It’ a brand new IPL and Chennai Tremendous Kings have recent captain in Ruturaj Gaikwad. On Thursday, Chennai Tremendous Kings sprang a shock by changing MS Dhoni with Ruturaj Gaikwad as skipper. Underneath MS Dhoni, CSK received the IPL 2023. However he had given sufficient indication that he can be enjoying in additional of a mentorship function in IPL 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad stated that MS Dhoni hinted him in 2023 that he would lead CSK. He additionally made it clear that he needs to guide CSK in his personal type.
“Really feel privileged. However I wish to try to be in my sneakers, not fill anyone’s sneakers. (On captaincy) I received to know final week, however Mahi bhai hinted at it final 12 months. Everyone seems to be skilled right here, sadly we’re lacking Conway and Pathirana,” he stated on the toss of the IPL 2024 opener.
“We have got Rachin and Mitchell coming in although this 12 months so they need to slot in nicely. Appears to be like like a great pitch, a tough floor that ought to maintain up nicely for the second innings. 4 abroad – Mitchell, Rachin, Fizz and Theekshana. The home participant Sameer Rizvi is making his debut as nicely.”
Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis received the toss and opted to bat towards defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings within the Indian Premier League opener on Friday. The toss was delayed by 10 minutes following a star-studded opening ceremony.
Talking on the time of the toss, Faf du Plessis stated, “We’ll bat first. Appears to be like like a great wicket, circumstances listed below are a bat-first wicket. First time again right here, nice to see the Chennai followers once more however I am right here with RCB and hopefully we will flip over an excellent CSK workforce. Prep has been good, we have to flip up now. A seasoned campaigner brings that have. Actually good, our bowling assets match nicely. Obtained extra backup. Hopefully, accidents do not hassle us an excessive amount of. Alzarri Joseph is available in tonight, received just a few spinners within the center. And since we’re batting first, we’ll see the way it goes.”
Ruturaj Gaikwad is main the hosts. He was named CSK captain a day earlier than the match opener, changing the nice 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.
Groups: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Inexperienced, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj.
Chennai Tremendous 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
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