Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan has made a massive announcement ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He said that Ruturaj Gaikwad will continue to captain the team in the league even if they buy big names in the mega auction.
The spotlight will be on Chennai Super Kings as they head into the Indian Premier League 2025 auction. There are several reports that the franchise will go for Rishabh Pant as they see him as their next captain and successor to MS Dhoni.
Rishabh Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals as talks between the two sides did not go well.
Rishabh Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals as talks between the two sides did not go well. After this, former Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina said that MS Dhoni has spoken to Pant and the latter will wear Yellow soon.
There were even reports that Chennai Super Kings would replace Ruturaj Gaikwad in the role with Rishabh Pant as their captain if the wicketkeeper-batsman makes it into their squad. The five-time Champions made some pretty decent catches and kept their key players up front with them.
Chennai Super Kings kept Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja as their first two catches. Matheesha PathiranaKnown as their product, Shivam was retained along with Dube and MS Dhoni, the former captain of the team, was retained in the uncapped category.
We’re still confident we can get them into a team – CSK CEO on top Indian players to enter auction
Talking about the team’s retentions, Kasi Viswanathan said that they knew they would not be able to go for some of the big Indian names with less purse after finalizing the retentions. But he is optimistic that they will do their best. talking to Ambati Rayudu On Provoke TV, he explained:
“So we also knew that if we did these retentions, we might have a smaller purse to auction, which would probably mean we wouldn’t be able to compete with others. teams Like anyone who comes to the auction, you know the big names that are auctioned to get the best of the Indian players.
“Maybe, we will still try, but I don’t think it will be easy for us to get them in the auction, but we still believe that we can include them in the most competitive team. .”
Ruturaj Gaikwad, as you know, is a captain who comes in the same form as MS – CSK CEO
Kasi Viswanathan was optimistic about winning his 6th Indian Premier League title. He also confirmed that Ruturaj Gaikwad will be their captain in the next edition, saying that the young caddy comes from the same mold as MS Dhoni. He added:
“We will do our best. As you know, we will always try to follow a process and Ruturaj, as you know, is a captain who comes in the same mold as MS. He is also very calm and collected and I think we should have a very good future.”
Ruturaj Gaikwad was the captain of Chennai Super Kings after MS Dhoni stepped down last year. He did a decent job as captain of the team and led his players very well. He hoped to lead his team to glory next year.
