person in general i think i am lucky enough to represent csk which is one of the most successful franchises in t20 history to play for this team for so long and have my own personal success but also to have the trust of one of the greatest leaders to ever play the game he always tried to make sure that im a part of this team is a great feeling for mecan csk defend its title this time aroundwell we always try to put everything in a match whenever we win the trophy we try to defend it the ipl is the toughest t20 tournament in the world and its always a challenge to defend our title its easier to win it but harder to defend it i think we have the right squad we have a good balance again we have good experienced and young players in the mix so well do everything to defend the title but like i said before its always a harder thing to do in defending well give it our bestcsk opener ruturaj gaikwad was the highest runscorer in the competition last year he seems to be a future star whats special about himhes definitely a future star and someone who will have a very successful future for india cricket in all formats of the game i look forward to the day when he will finally get the opportunity to play in all the formats for india at csk we keep encouraging him hes the superstar of our team i think hes also very hungry for success and hes determined to follow up on his last seasons fine show so this is going to be another good season for himyou play in so many t20 competitions and for various teams around the world where do you rate the ipl how is csk special from the othersi think you see a lot of talks from different people around the world where they always try to compare their leagues with the ipl but the reality is that the ipl is in a league of its own i dont think theres any league which is competition to the ipl because you have the best of the indian players playing in it and then the rest of the world is coming here too in the other leagues some players stay away and some players arent available but in ipl everyone is available so the fact that people actually try to compare other leagues with the ipl is ridiculous the ipl is hands down in a league of its own talking about csk weve shown our dominance over the years in this format i think csk and mi are the most successful franchises csk is a team that is well followed loved by most and we just keep it simple and we are like a familywill you and the other csk players miss the vibe and support of the chennai crowd this timeyes chepauk is a special place