{"id":512040,"date":"2026-04-04T06:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512040\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T06:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:13:08","slug":"ruturaj-gaikwad-threatened-by-sanju-samson-at-csk-ex-captains-big-claim-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512040\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruturaj Gaikwad \u2018threatened\u2019 by Sanju Samson at CSK? Ex-captain\u2019s big claim | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ruturaj Chennai Super Kings’ captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, right, and Sanju Samson (PTI Photo\/R Senthilkumar) (PTI04_03_2026_000298A) Former England captain Michael Vaughan<\/a> and ex-New Zealand pacer Simon Doull have raised questions over the dynamics inside Chennai Super Kings<\/a>, suggesting that skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad<\/a> could feel \u201cthreatened\u201d by the presence of Sanju Samson.Speaking on a Cricbuzz show, the duo discussed Samson\u2019s role before turning their attention to Gaikwad\u2019s position as captain.\u201cWhat about the captain, Gaikwad? Do you think he feels threatened [by Samson]?\u201d Vaughan asked.\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Doull replied.Vaughan elaborated on the situation, pointing out the layered dynamics within the side. \u201c[One of the league\u2019s] youngest captains Gaikwad, he\u2019s done it a bit now and you kind of go, \u2018Go on, we\u2019re gonna back you, you\u2019re the captain. But by the way, we\u2019re signing Sanju, who\u2019s a very good captain and he\u2019s a keeper. And guess what? We\u2019ve had a keeper who was a captain for a long period of time and did very well, and we\u2019re gonna try and replace him. But you carry on captaining and hope it doesn\u2019t affect you.’\u201dSamson, who was the longest-serving and among the most successful captains at Rajasthan Royals, had led the side to the IPL 2022 final, strengthening his credentials as a leader.However, his start with CSK in IPL 2026 has been underwhelming, with back-to-back single-digit scores. Doull acknowledged the pressure surrounding the wicketkeeper-batter, especially after a high-profile move.\u201cTough challenge for him, and it\u2019s one of those situations you find yourself in when you\u2019re not desperate, but when you want to play for a certain side and you want to put on a show,\u201d Doull said. \u201cI mean, he is a South boy, isn\u2019t he? He is a Kerala boy. He wants to put on a show. I think he feels like he\u2019s more at home. In the South, the trade happened; it was a big trade as we\u2019ve talked about, you\u2019ve lost 2 high quality players for one player. So the pressure\u2019s quite enormous, the pressure of maybe what they see him as in the future as well. But he just got to think back to a few weeks ago, doesn\u2019t he? And how was he playing in the last 3 games [in the T20 World Cup].\u201dThe comments came after Chennai Super Kings slumped to their second successive defeat, going down to Punjab Kings despite posting a competitive 209 for five.Punjab\u2019s chase was anchored by skipper Shreyas Iyer, who struck a fluent 50 off 29 balls and stitched a crucial 59-run stand with Nehal Wadhera. Contributions from Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh and Cooper Connolly ensured the visitors chased down the target with five wickets in hand.<\/p>\n

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Should CSK consider a leadership change if performance doesn’t improve?<\/p>\n

Earlier, youngster Ayush Mhatre impressed with a 43-ball 73, while Gaikwad chipped in with 28 as CSK built a strong platform. But Samson\u2019s early dismissal and a middle-overs slowdown hurt the hosts, who managed 64 runs in the final five overs through late hits from Sarfaraz Khan and Shivam Dube.In the end, despite posting a formidable total, CSK were outplayed by a composed Punjab unit, leaving questions not just about their bowling but also about the evolving leadership equation within the side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chennai Super Kings’ captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, right, and Sanju Samson (PTI Photo\/R Senthilkumar) (PTI04_03_2026_000298A) Former England captain Michael…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28021,1721,17774,19030,57487,29986,161811,6975,40659,179136,101,8051,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-512040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-chennai-super-kings","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-ipl-2026","11":"tag-michael-vaughan","12":"tag-punjab-kings","13":"tag-ruturaj-gaikwad","14":"tag-sanju","15":"tag-sanju-samson","16":"tag-shreyas-iyer","17":"tag-simon-doull","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-t20-world-cup","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}