Former Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina recently spent quality time with his former teammates MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja on the eve of the Indian Premier League 2024 season opener between CSK and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday,
March 22 as well.

In a video shared by the Chennai Super Kings on social media, Raina can be seen chatting with Dhoni and Jadeja during the training session as well. CSK captioned the post: “A timeless tale of brotherhood!”

Meanwhile, MS Dhoni has stepped down from the captaincy and handed over CSK’s captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad before IPL 2024. The veteran led the Chennai Super Kings to five IPL trophies, jointmost with Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) and two Champions League T20 titles as well. As a skipper, Dhoni has the most wins in the tournament, with 133 victories in 226 games as well.

Meanwhile, Suresh Raina also suggested CSK appoint Gaikwad as a future IPL captain. He recently told Jio Cinema: “Ruturaj Gaikwad is a good option. This year is a very important year for CSK, more than for MS Dhoni. Because we’ll see who he is going to select as his deputy.”

On the other hand, Stephen Fleming also believes the franchise is better prepared for it this time as they hand over the captaincy to the 27-year-old Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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“The big thing about a couple of years ago was that we probably weren’t ready for MS [Dhoni] to move aside and what that did was probably shake us as a leadership group or coaches into looking at the possibility of when he does go and up until that stage that was almost unthinkable,” Fleming said.

“It sowed the seeds for us to work pretty hard on making sure that any mistakes that were [made] during that time aren’t made again. And that the leadership isn’t a secret, we’ve been working really hard on making sure that plans are in place and all the players are self-sufficient. We’re more prepared now because that jolted us into looking at life after [Dhoni] and in some ways we’ve been a bit slow in doing that as a management group so we’re well prepared this time,” he further added.