MS Dhoni is synonymous to Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The former India Cricket Team is still the captain of CSK and IPL 2024 can be his last dance in the Indian Premier League. However, over the years the Chennai outfits has have had only 3 captains so far.
CSK’s captain list is short and simple. 3 candidates – MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. The trio have been long servants of the club and rightfully so have bestowed upon the duty to lead the Yellow Army.
CSK Captains List over the Years –
| Player | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Win % |
| MS Dhoni | 2008-2023 | 235 | 142 | 90 | 1 | 60.42 |
| SK Raina | 2010-2019 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33 |
| RA Jadeja | 2022-2022 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MS Dhoni – MS Dhoni has been the captain of the Chennai Super Kings since the inception of the tournament. He hasn’t captained the side in the years when CSK was banned from the tournament. Overall, MS Dhoni has captained the Yellow Army for a record of 235 matches.
In those 235 matches, Dhoni has ended up a winner in 142 games. These also include 5 IPL Finals, the most recent came last year in the IPL 2023 final when CSK defeated Gujarat Titans.
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Suresh Raina – Suresh Raina is another CSK faithful. He has been a part of the Chennai franchisee since 2010 and has stayed till 2019. Though he has always been a faithful, over the years he has served as the deputy for MS Dhoni.
Only in 6 occasions has Suresh Raina captained CSK. These have primarily been the case when MS Dhoni was unavailable in the games. Raina managed to win 2 games, ended up losing 3 matches while the solitary game was tied.
Ravindra Jadeja – One of the newest players to don the CSK captaincy was the able all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja. Back before the start of IPL 2022, MS Dhoni decided to leave CSK’s captaincy. Jadeja was next in line to take the coveted role.
However, Jadeja’s rein as the captain of CSK was far from perfect. In fact CSK has a horrible outing. Jadeja managed to win just 2 matches and lost the remaining 6 games. Finally, he got injured, gave up his captaincy and missed the remainder of the season. Who took captaincy? Of course it had to be MS Dhoni, back to his normal role as CSK went on to bag a title the next season.
Ruturaj Gaikwad – CSK will play in IPL 2024 with a new captain, as their most successful skipper, Dhoni, handed over the responsibility to the young player. Ruturaj has experience leading the Indian cricket team in the Asian Games 2023, where they won the gold medal.
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