{"id":22130,"date":"2025-04-10T18:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=586773"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:02:38","slug":"ms-dhoni-returns-as-csk-captain-for-ipl-2025-after-gaikwad-ruled-out-with-elbow-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ms-dhoni-returns-as-csk-captain-for-ipl-2025-after-gaikwad-ruled-out-with-elbow-fracture\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Dhoni returns as CSK captain for IPL 2025 after Gaikwad ruled out with elbow fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni is set to take over the captaincy duties for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2025, following a season-ending injury to Ruturaj Gaikwad. The development was confirmed by Head Coach Stephen Fleming on April 10, ahead of CSK\u2019s next home fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders.<\/p>\n<p>Gaikwad, 28, suffered an elbow injury during CSK\u2019s March 30 clash against Rajasthan Royals when he was struck by a delivery from Tushar Deshpande. Though he managed to play in the subsequent matches against Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, medical scans have now revealed a fracture, ruling him out of the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">CAPTAIN MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI \ud83e\udd817\ufe0f\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhistlePodu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhistlePodu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yellove?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yellove<\/a> \ud83e\udd81\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3Wqm6AdGt\">pic.twitter.com\/H3Wqm6AdGt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChennaiIPL\/status\/1910316586478547321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The setback is a significant blow for CSK, who have endured a tough start to the tournament, losing four of their first five games. Gaikwad has been the backbone of their batting lineup, finishing as the franchise\u2019s highest run-scorer in three of the last four editions.<\/p>\n<p>With Dhoni back at the helm, the team will hope to stabilize their campaign and make a late push for playoff contention. The veteran leader, who stepped down ahead of this season, will now once again be tasked with guiding a young side through adversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Dhoni is set to take over the captaincy duties for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2025, following a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}