Chennai Super Kings player Ruturaj Gaikwad met the students of the Super Kings academy in Chennai and shared skipper MS Dhoni advice that he had given on his debut.
Gaikwad was bought by CSK for 20 Lakhs INR in 2019 Auction, he doesn’t had good first season but after that Gaikwad showed his skills and talent to whole world. He won the orange cap in IPL 2021 where he helped CSK to win their Fourth IPL Title as well.
Gaikwad scored 635 runs in his 16 games.
CSK also decided to retain him before mega Auction and he was retained for 6 Crores INR.
Gaikwad reveals what Dhoni had advised on his debut
“When I made my debut, he (MS Dhoni) was very clear. He said to enjoy the game. Representing this franchise is a huge achievement, a lot of great players have been part of this dressing room, and a lot of greats have been involved with this franchise. So, I think he just said that ‘You just need to be in that moment and enjoy it’,” said Gaikwad.
“I really need to be thankful and grateful that I was in a really good team which has a very good environment. Also, having MS Dhoni around me helped a lot as well. In that process, I never felt that I was having a setback. If I look back now, yes, I had failures to start off with, but the management, the team and the coach made me feel (good). I would give a lot of credit to the whole CSK team, the captain and coach,” Gaikwad mentioned.
