Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have bought Devon Conway and Vanshi Bedi as wicketkeeper batters at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction. Of course, they have MS Dhoni as well, who’s expected to keep the wickets in the coming edition. Despite knowing all this, Ruturaj Gaikwad might be thinking about trying himself as their man behind the stumps. Well, that’s taking it too far, I guess.
For some reason, the CSK captain, who’s leading Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2024-25, was wicketkeeping against Goa. Earlier in the game, Gaikwad had decided that he’d bat at number 7, giving the other batters a chance to bat. While defending 194, it was he who took the gloves instead of Nikhil Naik, Maharashtra’s designated wicketkeeper.
CSK squad for IPL 2025
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana 
, MS Dhoni (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra , Ravichandran Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad , Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran , Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis , Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi (wk), Andre Siddharth, Jamie Overton
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