He is suffering from an elbow injury.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be missing their regular skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for the rest of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL). Gaikwad has been ruled out of the tournament due to an elbow injury, which he sustained against the Rajasthan Royals. As a result of Gaikwad’s forced withdrawal, former skipper MS Dhoni will lead CSK.
Rahul Tripathi has replaced the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad in Chennai Super Kings’ playing XI against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. He has played three matches in IPL 2025 so far, aggregating just 30 runs.
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Tripathi has played for Kolkata Knight Riders previously, representing the franchise in 2020 and 2021. He had scored 230 runs from 11 matches and had an even better season in 2021, scoring 397 runs from 17 matches. Overall, Tripathi has played 99 IPL matches and has scored 2,266 runs at a strike-rate of 139.02.
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 122 runs from five matches before being ruled out of IPL 2025 due to the injury. This includes two half-centuries, one each against Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Gaikwad’s absence for the rest of IPL 2025 will be deeply felt, given the kind of starts that he has given the team.
The Maharashtra cricketer has not played for another IPL franchise apart from the Chennai Super Kings. In 71 matches, Gaikwad has scored 2,502 runs at a strike-rate of 137.47. He has scored two centuries and 20 fifties.
Under their former skipper Dhoni, CSK will look to return to winning ways. The five-time champions got the better of Mumbai Indians in their opener. However, they have lost four straight games ever since and are ninth in the IPL standings with just two points.
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