India, March 24 -- Legendary Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni opened up on his conversation with Ruturaj Gaikwad after the opening batter took over the captaincy charge from him last season. Dhoni relinquished his captaincy last season, but he revealed that he had already told Gaikwad after IPL 2023 that he would be leading the side next year. The 28-year-old had a tough start to his captaincy journey in IPL as last season Chennai failed to qualify for the playoffs and finished at the fifth spot in the league stage.

Dhoni revealed the reasons why Gaikwad was considered his successor at Chennai when he decided to step down from the role.

"Ruturaj has been part of us for quite some time. His temperament is very good, he's ...