Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was all praises for the veteran keeper-batter MS Dhoni after their recent loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the ongoing IPL 2024.
MS Dhoni has the third-best strike rate this IPL season. He has scored 110 runs from 10 matches at a strike rate of 229.17 and an average of 110.00. In the game against PBKS, Dhoni was dismissed for the first time in this IPL edition when he was run out after scoring an 11-ball 14.
CSK was defeated by PBKS by 7 wickets in Chepauk, giving the visiting team bragging rights after their fifth consecutive win over the defending champions in IPL.
A day after Chennai Super Kings went down to Punjab Kings by 7 wickets, the host broadcaster shared a video of CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad at a talk show answering a question on MS Dhoni.
"How did the young wicket-keeper perform in your opinion?" asks the anchor.
Gaikwad replies with a smile: "He did quite well, I feel he should be in the Indian team now, he's doing really well, he played some good shots. The reason why I said young was actually the amount of practice he was doing pre-season, the amount of hard work he was putting in and I think he was playing the best I've ever seen in the last five or six years. So I really feel he's in his prime twenties. He is playing that kind of cricket right now. Definitely he's still quite young and many more years to come for him to play."
Here is the video:
