With a loss against Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings hopes of making the playoffs ended on Thursday. After a dismal season where MS Dhoni had to be made the captain midway through the campaign, all Chennai would want for IPL 2023 is a captain. Ex-India cricketer Virender Sehwag has suggested Chennai should pick Ruturaj Gaikwad as the captain for 2023. Claiming that he has all the qualities to be a good captain, Sehwag feels Gaikwad – who leads Maharashtra in the domestic circuit as well – is the right choice.
“He captains Maharashtra. He plays very quietly. It’s like even if he scored a century, it won’t show in his mannerisms. Even if he scores a 0, you will see the same demeanour. It doesn’t appear from his face if he is happy about scoring a hundred or sad about getting out for a duck. He has control, he is calm. He has all the qualities needed to be a good captain. He is captaining in First-Class cricket so he has an idea how to dictate a match. Who is to be given the ball, what needs to change in the batting order… he has the idea,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.
“Anyone can have one good season, but if he plays 3-4 more seasons, he will become a captain who can become a long-term captain after MS Dhoni. Why does the world consider MS Dhoni a good captain? Because he is cool, takes his own decision and uses his bowlers and batters well. He also has the luck factor. Luck favour those who are brave and MS Dhoni is a brave captain. He has all the qualities of MS Dhoni, except one. I’m not sure about the luck factor,” mentioned Sehwag.
Captain, coach or mentor, speculations have been rife over what would be MS Dhoni’s role in CSK in IPL 2023. Amid all of this, Dhoni made a statement at the toss where he said he would be in a ‘different yellow jersey’. Ex-India opener Sunil Gavaskar has weighed in on the matter and reacted.
“I think he (Dhoni) said, ‘You will definitely see me in yellow’. Whether it’s a player uniform or another yellow, it remains to be seen. I do believe he will be around as a mentor. If he wasn’t keen on continuing, he would not have taken the captaincy back,” Gavaskar told host broadcaster Star Sports after the CSK-GT game.
“Sometimes you learn more from failures than from success. Maybe at that point in time with two more matches before Jadeja’s unfortunate injury, Dhoni would have given Jadeja a couple of matches to get that sort of experience. I do believe he will be back in yellow for sure. No question about that,” he further said.
“Sometimes you learn more from failures than from success. Maybe at that point in time with two more matches before Jadeja’s unfortunate injury, Dhoni would have given Jadeja a couple of matches to get that sort of experience. I do believe he will be back in yellow for sure. No question about that,” he further said.
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