{"id":22132,"date":"2025-04-10T18:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=586780"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:09:27","slug":"rahul-tripathi-set-to-be-csks-first-choice-to-replace-injured-ruturaj-in-playing-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/rahul-tripathi-set-to-be-csks-first-choice-to-replace-injured-ruturaj-in-playing-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Tripathi set to be CSK\u2019s first choice to replace injured Ruturaj in playing XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Ruturaj Gaikwad ruled out of IPL 2025 due to an elbow fracture, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are likely to turn to Rahul Tripathi as their first-choice replacement in the playing XI.<\/p>\n<p>Tripathi, who has opened the innings in three matches this season, has scored just 30 runs, struggling to find rhythm at the top of the order. However, the 33-year-old has a proven track record in the middle order, where his dynamic stroke play and ability to rotate strike have often added depth and stability to batting line-ups in the past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZDTToP8hR5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ms-dhoni-returns-as-csk-captain-for-ipl-2025-after-gaikwad-ruled-out-with-elbow-fracture\/\">MS Dhoni returns as CSK captain for IPL 2025 after Gaikwad ruled out with elbow fracture<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMS Dhoni returns as CSK captain for IPL 2025 after Gaikwad ruled out with elbow fracture\u201d \u2014 Business Upturn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ms-dhoni-returns-as-csk-captain-for-ipl-2025-after-gaikwad-ruled-out-with-elbow-fracture\/embed\/#?secret=qhE7TnFvHp#?secret=ZDTToP8hR5\" data-secret=\"ZDTToP8hR5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Stephen Fleming confirmed that while MS Dhoni will step back in as captain for the rest of the season, the team is evaluating its internal options to fill Gaikwad\u2019s spot in the XI. With the squad already having limited top-order alternatives, Tripathi\u2019s experience and versatility make him a natural candidate to step up.<\/p>\n<p>CSK have lost four of their first five games, and Gaikwad\u2019s absence is a huge setback given his consistent performance over the years. However, the franchise will hope that Tripathi\u2019s promotion or shuffle within the batting order can offer a timely boost as they prepare for a crucial run of matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Ruturaj Gaikwad ruled out of IPL 2025 due to an elbow fracture, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are likely to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22132","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=22132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}