Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis recently said by recruiting international captains, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has made sure that Chennai Super Kings always do good in the cash-rich tournament - Indian Premier League (IPL).

"A great thing that CSK has done over the years, and that's credit to MS and (Stephen) Fleming the coach, is they have targeted captains - (Brendon) McCullum, myself, (Dwayne) Bravo, obviously MS, (Suresh) Raina's captained a bit - because they want thinking cricketers," he said to CSK's website.

He further added, "So, there's a lot of leaders within group, that experience of thinking cricketers is what they want and obviously it has proven to be very successful."

Chennai Super Kings has been in the top teams 10 times out of 12 editions of IPL so far and have never finished below the semi-finals or play-offs. Notably, they were banned for two seasons.

"Chennai Super Kings is a great franchise to be a part of. MS has got such strong leadership. He leaves a massive hole when he's not on the field," the former South Africa captain praised MS Dhoni.

Faf du Plessis also talked about his passion for fielding and adding some quality fielders in the team as well.

"I love going to positions on the field where the ball goes all the time. We are lucky at CSK that we got a few very good fielders. Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) is incredible, he has got the strongest arm in world cricket. Jaddu wants them to try and run. He jogs to the ball because he knows if you run, you are out," he shared.

However, the 13th edition of IPL which was scheduled to begin on March 29 has been pushed back until April 15 at first due to the coronavirus pandemic. Later, it was postponed for the indefinite time as the lockdown of the country has extended.