-Vinay Kumar
The great captain MS Dhoni, who captained the most for IPL’s Yellow Army Chennai Super Kings (CSK), announced to leave the captaincy before IPL 2022. He handed over the command of the team to his team’s prolific all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. It is worth noting that Captain Cool MS Dhoni has been with CSK since the original season of IPL since 2008. Now the thing to think about is that, why did the management of Chennai Super Kings make MS Dhoni the first captain of their team, while most of the captains of other teams were those who were from that team state.
List of captains of all teams of IPL 2008
Deccan Chargers: VVS Laxman
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB): Rahul Dravid
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne
Punjab Kings (Punjab Kings/Kings Eleven Punjab KXIP/ PBKS): Yuvraj Singh
Chennai Super Kings CSK: MS Dhoni
Delhi Daredevils (Delhi Daredevils/Delhi Capitals): Virender Sehwag
Kolkata Knight Riders KKR: Sourav Ganguly
Mumbai Indians MI: Sachin Tendulkar
That’s why Dhoni was separated from all the captains
When the IPL was started, most of the teams had made those players who were from the team’s state as the captain of their team. Delhi Daredevils had named Virender Sehwag as the captain, who is from Delhi. Rahul Dravid was made its captain by RCB, as he has his roots in Bangalore. Mumbai Indians had handed over the command to Sachin Tendulkar of Mumbai. At the same time, Kings XI Punjab had made Yuvraj Singh, who belongs to Punjab, as the captain and Kolkata Knight Riders handed over the captaincy to ‘Prince of Kolkata’ Sourav Ganguly. However, Rajasthan Royals had made the great Australian bowler Shane Warne as the captain. But, most of the teams had made the players belonging to their state as the captain of their team.
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‘That’s why’ Dhoni was made the first captain of CSK
IPL 2008 was new for all the team. And everyone wanted that a good fan base should be created by handing over the captaincy to the players of their states. But, CSK played a bet on MS Dhoni, who hails from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state. It is worth noting that Dhoni had a huge fan base at that time, as he had won the ICC T20 World Cup, 2007, a year earlier as the captain of the Indian T20 team. The point was clear, his understanding of T20 cricket was tremendous. The CSK team management thoughtfully handed over the command of their team to MS Dhoni. Remind you that, in the very first season of IPL, CSK had traveled to the final. Although CSK lost in the title match, the captain of the team, MS Dhoni, left an indelible mark of his ability on the world with his decision and captaincy.
MS Dhoni was not from Tamil Nadu at all, but he got a lot of love from the cricket lovers here. Not only IPL, but also Chennai Super Kings has its own distinct fan base, fan base as compared to other team playing in T20 league.
Ended the captaincy journey by becoming a champion
Today, on Thursday, 24 March 2022, MS Dhoni left the captaincy of the CSK team and considered Ravindra Jadeja as his successor. Jadeja has been playing for Chennai Super Kings since IPL 2012. Significantly, the trophy case of IPL 2021 was won under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Overall, Chennai Super Kings have won the trophy 4 times.