{"id":271562,"date":"2022-12-24T06:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T06:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/24\/will-ben-stokes-take-over-csk-captaincy-from-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T06:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T06:49:24","slug":"will-ben-stokes-take-over-csk-captaincy-from-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/24\/will-ben-stokes-take-over-csk-captaincy-from-ms-dhoni-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ben Stokes take over CSK captaincy from MS Dhoni? | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2018-complete-ipl-squad-of-chennai-super-kings\/articleshow\/62684882.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2018-complete-ipl-squad-of-chennai-super-kings\/articleshow\/62684882.cms\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> (CSK) spent the third highest amount for a single player at the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" frmappuse=\"1\">Indian Premier League<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a>) auction on Friday when they bought England&#8217;s high-profile all-rounder <!-- -->Ben Stokes<!-- --> for Rs 16.25 crore. And if expert opinion is to be believed, it&#8217;s a move to pass on the baton of <!-- -->CSK captaincy<!-- --> from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_mahendra-singh-dhoni\" frmappuse=\"1\">MS Dhoni<\/a> to Stokes.<br \/>&#8220;I think so, I think he (Stokes) will be captain. We have seen MS Dhoni try and pass the (CSK) captaincy on; he has not been playing <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" frmappuse=\"1\">cricket<\/a> regularly in between the IPL. It&#8217;s just an opportunity for MS Dhoni to pass the baton. I think yes, they will do it straight away. Ben Stokes will be captain,&#8221; Styris said during a post-auction show on Jio Cinema.<br \/>Dhoni had relinquished <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2018-complete-ipl-squad-of-chennai-super-kings\/articleshow\/62684882.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2018-complete-ipl-squad-of-chennai-super-kings\/articleshow\/62684882.cms\" frmappuse=\"1\">CSK<\/a> captaincy in the 2022 edition; but after Ravindra Jadeja failed miserably at the job, the leadership duties were given back to the former India captain. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component _2fQ7a undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Josh-1.\" msid=\"96473947\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-96473947,width-600,resizemode-4\/96473947.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In all probability, the 41-year-old Dhoni will be playing his last IPL season next year, and the CSK management would want to find a successor sooner than later and also give time to the incumbent to play a season with Dhoni in order to settle into the job. <br \/>Getting Stokes, who captains England in Test cricket, at the auction could precisely be a move to facilitate that. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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