Be Ready: When Dhoni Hinted At Captaincy To Young Player!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a man of surprises. He is known for taking shocking decisions. All of a sudden he decided to stop playing tests and stepped down from the captaincy. The same happened with his retirement. All of a sudden he announced his retirement from international cricket with a simple social media post.

MS Dhoni stepped down as the Skipper in the IPL as the greatest captain. Ahead of the IPL start the shocking news came from him. Young player Ruturaj Gaikwad was named his replacement. CSK fans are waiting eagerly to see how Ruturaj Gaikwad can lead the team.

Ruturaj Gaikwad became a sensation all of a sudden as he was announced as the replacement for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Now Ruturaj Gaikwad recalled an instance where Dhoni dropped a big hint of making him the skipper of the team.

The young player said that Dhoni hinted at leaving the captaincy and giving him the chance last year itself. As an example of this, he said that Dhoni made him a part of the match tactics after joining the camp.

Ruturaj Gaikwad said that when he joined the camp, Dhoni made him a part of the preparations and told him to be ready as this should not be a surprise for him. Rituraj said that Dhoni told him about the decision last week though he had plans about this last year itself.

The speculations of this started when Ruturaj Gaikwad posed with the captains of the other teams. This started a debate on whether CSK is going to replace the skipper. Later the CSk officially announced the big news.

IPL already had enough twists with the capacity. MI brought Hardik Pandya in trade and was named as the skipper. Five-time IPL winner Rohit Sharma was sacked. With Hardik Pandya leaving the team Gujarat Titans named Shubman Gill as the skipper.