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“Maybe he wants to play freely now, not being a captain,” Kirti Azad muses about MS Dhoni’s plans after the 2024 Indian Premier League

The cricket crew has been restless ever since MS Dhoni ventured down as Chennai Super Rulers (CSK) captain on Thursday, Walk 21, and Ruturaj Gaikwad was declared as his replacement. The 42-year-old surrendered the CSK captaincy for the moment. Ahead of IPL 2022, Ravindra Jadeja took up the part some time ago, recently giving it back to Dhoni in the middle of the season after a string of disillusionments came about.

There were talks of almost a fracture between Jadeja and the CSK administration, but the star all-rounder proceeded to be a fundamental portion of the Men in Yellow. A couple of years later, Dhoni has once again been selected to play without the weight of captaincy, and this time, the 27-year-old Ruturaj has been given the obligation. Kirti Azad, who was a portion of India’s ODI World Cup-winning side in 1983, figured that the amazing wicketkeeper-batter may proceed to play past IPL 2024 if he does well this year.

“It’s his individual choice. Possibly he needs to play openly presently, not being a captain, if he has agreed to keep playing in the IPL. Would it be his final IPL? It depends on his wellness and his outline of intellect. If he has stopped his captaincy, that implies he needs to appreciate himself as a player and not have the weight of a captain. If he does well, I am beyond any doubt he would like to carry on,” the experienced all-rounder told the Times of India in an interview.

Azad opined that Dhoni’s nearness will be a tremendous boon for Ruturaj as he starts his travels as the pioneer of one of the most prevalent and effective groups in the cash-rich league. “There are great youthful cricketers with great brains. If he has a great cricket brain and knows how to strategize, he can be a great captain. Ruturaj would never feel the weight of driving Dhoni, since I would say that Dhoni is one of the best captains India has created. And see at him how he took the group along and carried it forward.

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He saw something exceptional in Virat Kohli, and it made him play for a longer term,” Azad said. “Dhoni would be a resource to Ruturaj’s captaincy since he will direct him at whatever point he needs direction. And Dhoni is an exceptionally supportive man in that way,” the 65-year-old added. Ruturaj led a second-string Indian group to the gold award at the Asian Diversions in Hangzhou, China, in its final year. He also has been involved in driving Maharashtra in residential cricket. Be that as it may, Azad asked the fans to be understanding indeed if the right-handed player doesn’t create extraordinary comes about immediately as the captain of the five-time champions. “The amusement is full of vulnerabilities. Sachin, one of the best players, was not the best of the captains. It’s not that he was not a great captain, but it is fair that the comeback did not come. You can’t judge an individual by a season or an innings,” Azad stated. The Super Lords will be in action in the season opener against Illustrious Challengers Bengaluru on Friday, Walk 22, and the coordinates will take place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

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