'Now Everyone Will Start Performing To Their Potential': Social Media Erupts As MS Dhoni Returns To Captain CSK
MS Dhoni returns as CSK captain for IPL 2025 after Ruturaj Gaikwad's injury. Fans have mixed reactions, recalling past instances and questioning the decision.
The announcement of MS Dhoni’s return to captaincy in place of the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad has caused the fans to go berserk on social media. The five-time IPL-winning captain makes his return to the leadership role after helping the franchise win their last title in 2022 and fans will be hoping for their fortunes to turn for the better in their coming games for the season.
It was officially announced that the Gaikwad was ruled out of IPL 2025 due to an elbow fracture and that Dhoni would take up captaincy duties for the season. Fans on social media had mixed reactions regarding this decision.
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One fan wished the injured captain to recover well but has an interesting question regarding who would replace him in the playing XI.
Now everyone will start performing to their potential 😄As I said beforeMi, csk, SRH and PBKS will be the four semifinalists!
— Vikram (@vikramvamsi33) April 10, 202
Another fan reflected on a similar situation that happened in 2019 where Ravindra Jadeja had resigned from captaincy duties for CSK and Dhoni had taken up the role, where the franchise went on to finish 9th in that season.
2022 IPLIn Between of the TournamentDhoni Replaced Jadeja as a CaptainCSK finished at 9th PositionMI Finished at 10th Position2025 IPLIn Between of the TournamentDhoni Replacing Ruturaj as a Captain….
— Men’s Cricket (@MensCricket) April 10, 2025
Another fan questioned this move to bring back Dhoni as a captain when the franchise had someone experienced like Sam Curran who has previously taken the leadership role for the Punjab Kings.
What’s use of bringing him just for the sake of half season when you have sam curran who’s already captained an ipl team— ???????????????????????????????????? ♔ (@BhairavaaTweetz) April 10, 2025
Another fan questioned the over-dependency on Dhoni and laments the franchise being unable to get a good deputy for the long-term role.
The day MSD rtires , this franchise will be closed down. Too much dependency on one single individual. Couldn’t produce a single second line. Letting go suresh raina was the biggest mistake.— Kamal Kalita (@KamalKKalita) April 10, 2025
Another fan has a very optimistic view regarding the move and feels that CSK will be back amongst the wins and even qualify for a spot in the playoffs.
MS Dhoni’s first game on his return to captaincy will be in front of a home ground as they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 11, 2025 (Thursday).
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