NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) spent the third highest quantity for a single participant on the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale on Friday after they purchased England’s high-profile all-rounder Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore. And if knowledgeable opinion is to be believed, it is a transfer to move on the baton of CSK captaincy from MS Dhoni to Stokes.
“I believe so, I believe he (Stokes) might be captain. We have seen MS Dhoni try to move the (CSK) captaincy on; he has not been taking part in cricket commonly in between the IPL. It’s simply a chance for MS Dhoni to move the baton. I believe sure, they’ll do it immediately. Ben Stokes might be captain,” Styris stated throughout a post-auction present on Jio Cinema.
Dhoni had relinquished CSK captaincy within the 2022 version; however after Ravindra Jadeja failed miserably on the job, the management duties got again to the previous India captain.
“I believe so, I believe he (Stokes) might be captain. We have seen MS Dhoni try to move the (CSK) captaincy on; he has not been taking part in cricket commonly in between the IPL. It’s simply a chance for MS Dhoni to move the baton. I believe sure, they’ll do it immediately. Ben Stokes might be captain,” Styris stated throughout a post-auction present on Jio Cinema.
Dhoni had relinquished CSK captaincy within the 2022 version; however after Ravindra Jadeja failed miserably on the job, the management duties got again to the previous India captain.
In all chance, the 41-year-old Dhoni might be taking part in his final IPL season subsequent yr, and the CSK administration would wish to discover a successor ahead of later and in addition give time to the incumbent to play a season with Dhoni as a way to settle into the job.
Getting Stokes, who captains England in Test cricket, on the public sale may exactly be a transfer to facilitate that.