Ruturaj Gaikwad's IPL Captaincy Record: Can CSK Star Replicate MS Dhoni's Legacy In 2025?

Ruturaj Gaikwad leads CSK in IPL 2025 [Source: @maxunwell1/X]

The eighteenth season of the Indian Premier League is knocking at the doors. Regarded as the biggest cricketing extravaganza, the IPL 2025 is all set to commence on March 22, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match. 

Gaikwad To Lead CSK In IPL 2025

Talking about Chennai Super Kings, the five-time champions will cross swords against their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians on March 23. 

Stylish Maharashtra batter Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the Super Kings in the IPL 2025 season. He took over the reins from the legendary MS Dhoni ahead of IPL 2024. 

As the Super Kings began the hunt for their sixth title, let's see how Gaikwad has performed as their captain in the IPL. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Overall IPL Captaincy Record

As evidenced by the above stats, Ruturaj Gaikwad has had a topsy-turvy journey as a captain in the Indian Premier League. In 14 matches, Gaikwad has led CSK to seven wins while losing the seven matches. It's worth mentioning that the 2024 season was his first captaincy stint with CSK, as the franchise failed to qualify for the playoffs. 

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Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Captaincy Performance in Home and Away Matches

Home Matches as Captain

Interestingly, Gaikwad has been a superb captain on home soil. He was tactically brilliant in the IPL 2024, leading CSK to five clinical wins with his leadership acumen. His winning percentage of 71.42 signifies his dominance as a leader at CSK's home venue, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. 

Away Matches as Captain

However, Gaikwad hasn't been able to replicate a similar success as CSK's captain away from home. Under his leadership, the Super Kings defeated arch-rivals MI and PBKS, but suffered crushing defeats against DC, SRH, LSG, GT and RCB. 

Conclusion

Thus, we conclude with the fact that Ruturaj Gaikwad has been phenomenal as a captain in Chennai. He might sustain the home dominance, given the kind of players the Super Kings have for this season. 

However, his captaincy record in away conditions are certainly not up to the mark. He needs to assess what went wrong for him as a skipper and fine-tune the grey areas to improve his numbers this season. 

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