IPL 2025, CSK vs. DC: Ruturaj Gikwad is cured by the elbow injury, no MS Dhoni as captain. Cricket news

New Delhi: Fans were echoed at the Ma Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Rose, Cheers, Claps, and Defaning Hoots. He used to leave for the toss on Saturday after seeing his beloved ‘Thala’, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. But the enthusiasm quickly turned into despair when it was Ruturaj Gikwad, not Dhoni, who used to come out with Delhi Capital captain Axar Patel.
Buzz exited. The crowd, as a stand-in captain, expects Dhoni’s indifferent comeback, silenced. Dhoni was widely expected to lead Chennai Super Kings against Delhi capitals in the absence of Gaikwad, who suffered a elbow injury during Chennai Super KingsLast match against Rajasthan Royals.
Last Sunday, while charging the pitch against Tushar Deshpande during the game in Guwahati, Gikwad took a shock to his right forever.
After being fielded by Delhi’s capitals, Gaikwad said in the toss: “We were also looking for batting. It looks a little dry. It’s a little cloud, much will not change. You will not always change. You always want speed in T20 cricket. Overall, fielding is positive. We can improve in the day.

Dhoni, known as a tala by CSK fans, last prepared the party’s captaincy in the 2023 final-he was prepared for a record-equivalent fifth IPL title with a memorable win over Gujarat Titans.
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CSK’s IPL Triumph under Dhoni came in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023.
In 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was appointed as the captain, but Dhoni was forced to re-take the rebellion mid-season due to poor performance.
Next to the 2024 season, Dhoni passed Captaincy Baton in Gaikwad.

In this season, Dhoni has specially criticized his place especially in batting order. He batted at number 9 in CSK’s record defeat at home against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
CSK comes in stability against Delhi’s capitals at eighth place IPL points table One in three played with a win. Delhi, meanwhile, this season is one of the two unbeaten sides – the other are Punjab Kings – two with two wins.
DC is trying to end the 15 -year winning line against CSK in Chennai. The last time when Delhi won in Chepuk, he was called Delhi Daredevils and Gautam was captain in Gambhir.
Teams:
Delhi Capital (playing XI): Jake Fraser-Makegurak, KL Rahul (W), Abishek Porl, Triston Stabs, Sameer Rizvi, Axer Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vikraj Nigam, Michel Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Rabindra, Davon Conway, Ruturaj Gikwad (C), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (W), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Khalil Ahmed, Matheesha Patairana