MS Dhoni left the captaincy of Chennai after the 2023 season. Last season, he handed over the command of the team to Rituraj Gaikwad. The team won its last title in 2023 under Dhoni's captaincy. Will Dhoni be able to turn the fortunes of CSK once again?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has once again become the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni has suddenly got the captaincy of Chennai again in the midst of IPL 2025. MS Dhoni, who won the IPL title for Chennai 5 times, is returning as the captain of the team again after about one and a half seasons. The reason for this is the injury of regular captain Rituraj Gaikwad, who is now out of the entire season. With this, the speculation and rumors of Dhoni retiring from the middle of the tournament have also come to an end.

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Gaikwad out due to fracture

This news has come just before the important match for Chennai Super Kings, who are struggling with a bad start in IPL 2025. Chennai is scheduled to play against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday, April 11 and this big change has happened in the team a day before that. Team coach Stephen Fleming gave this information in the press conference. This change in captaincy has happened due to Rituraj Gaikwad's elbow injury. Captain and star batsman Gaikwad suffered an elbow injury against Rajasthan Royals in the team's third match. However, after this he also played the next 2 matches but now a fracture has been found in his elbow, due to which he is out of the tournament.

Earlier also there was speculation about Dhoni becoming the captain. Even before the match against Delhi Capitals in Chennai on April 5, Gaikwad's fitness was under question and it was believed that he would be out of that match. In such a situation, Dhoni's return as captain was considered certain. But Gaikwad played that match and after that he also took the field against Punjab Kings. But in both these matches, he could score only 6 runs, which clearly shows that he was probably not fully fit.

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Will Dhoni be able to change the fate of CSK again?

But now after Gaikwad is out, naturally the team decided to make Dhoni the captain again, which is also what Chennai needs at this time. The team has not had a good start this season and since the victory in the first match, it is getting continuous defeats. Chennai, which has played 5 matches so far, has lost 4 matches in a row and with only 2 points, the team is in 9th place. Now all eyes will be on Dhoni, who had earlier taken over the command in the middle of the 2022 season as well. Ravindra Jadeja then became the captain of the team, but after continuous defeats, Dhoni took over the reins by removing him and made Chennai the champion in the next season.