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IPL 2024
CSK without Dhoni as
captain; DC with Pant back
and GT to be led by Gill
The Baroda-born cricketer is set to captain Mumbai Indians (MI), replacing their five-time Indian
Premier League (IPL) trophy-winning skipper Rohit Sharma in the 2024 season of the cash-rich league
OUR BUREAU
Mumbai
eam India skipper Rohit Shar-
ma shared a special post for
TMS Dhoni following the lat-
ter’s decision to step down as Chen-
nai Super Kings (CSK) skipper on
Thursday just a day before the Indian
Premier League (IPL) 2024.
The 17th season of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) will kick off
on March 22, with last year’s cham-
pions going head to head with the
Faf Du Plessis-led Royal Challengers
Bengaluru (RCB) in a South Indian
derby at the latter’s home arena--
MA Chidambaram Stadium.
After the CSK’s official an-
nouncement, Rohit shared a picture
along with Dhoni on his Instagram
story with a handshake emoji.
The five-time champion led
the CSK in 212 IPL matches,
winning 128 matches and los-
ing 82. Dhoni announced his
retirement from international
cricket on August 15, 2020, af-
ter leading the team to glory in
the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011
ODI World Cup and the 2013
Champions Trophy. Chennai Super Kings’s MS Dhoni meets Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s skipper Faf du Plessis during a practice session ahead of their match in
the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday (ANI)
Last year, Dhoni led the Chen-
nai franchise to a record-equalling most admired faces, enjoying fan- two years when the franchise was Ravindra Jadeja as their skipper in
fifth IPL title against the Gujarat Ti- dom that rivals that of some current suspended from the tournament over the Indian Premier League (IPL)
tans in Ahmedabad. The 42-year-old, stars, captained Chennai since the in- fixing charges. 2022, Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
who remains one of Indian cricket’s augural IPL season in 2008, barring Having chosen all-rounder Continued on next page... >>
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