New Delhi: Chennai’s Super Kings suffered a major setback as regular captain Ruturaj Gikwad was dropped from the IPL due to a elbow injury – a development that has paved the way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to return to the role of leadership. CSK head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed the news on Thursday. Gikwad faced injury after Jofra Archer hit a small ball during CSK IPL 2025 Struggle against Rajasthan Royals.
,Ruturaj Gikwad went out and said IPL with fracture on elbow. MS Dhoni took over as captain, “Fleming told Mediaperson on Thursday.
“He (Gaikwad) became a hit in Guwahati. He is working with the amount of pain. We found an X-ray, which was an inductant, and we had an MRI, who revealed a fracture in his elbow, in the radial neck. Dhoni, Dhoni, who would take over as captain for the rest of the IPL,” Flaming added to a press conference.
Dhoni, who came out for the toss for CSK, also confirmed that Gaikwad was dropped from the season. He made two changes in place of Gaikwad in Rahul Tripathi and Mukesh Chaudhary, including Ansul Kambaj, to play.
“We were looking to bat first. A lot of opportunities where we tried to chase it and which we realized that the wicket slows down a bit, so if you do not have a good start then the middle order comes under pressure. (On Ruturaj) He does something fractured on his elbow, so he gets very little during the toss.
“(On the importance of winning this game) This is now important, every game is important. We have lost a lot of matches and now it is important to correct the basics – DOT balls, take our catch. Some games that we lose with big margin were about small things, it was about small things, which is more for 20 runs. Try to achieve a couple of borders quickly and early wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders (playing xi): Quinton de Coke (W), Sunil Narin, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakarwarthi
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Davon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (W/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Ansul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed
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