Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK
Ravindra Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK as captain in order to focus on his career and has asked . MS Dhoni has agreed to lead CSK for the greater good.
Ravindra Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK, after Jadeja handed over the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings to MS Dhoni, according to a statement released by the team. According to a team official, the decision was made after CSK’s penultimate IPL game, which they lost by 11 runs to Punjab Kings. The four-time winners sit in eighth place in the rankings, having won just two of their eight games.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan acknowledged that Ravindra Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK as the decision was made only on the basis of cricket, and that it was made at a meeting attended by Jadeja, Dhoni, and the team management (head coach Stephen Fleming). “This is a choice made by the team management and Jaddu, and it is one that we have now made public.” Only the team administration had a voice in this, not the players.” Jaddu conveyed his intention to surrender captaincy and hand it over to MSD, who is taking it on in the franchise’s best interests,” Viswanathan told The Sunday Express.
With an eye on the future, Dhoni stepped down as CSK captain before the start of this year’s IPL. In reality, the franchise’s retention policy – Rs 16 crore for Jadeja and Rs 12 crore for Dhoni, respectively – was approved by the latter. The plan was for the former captain to mother-hen his replacement, giving him time to learn the ropes. Jadeja has always held Dhoni in high regard, and he hasn’t shied away from consulting him for on-field choices. However things has not been going the way CSK would have wanted and hence Ravindra Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK.
However, the allrounder’s form this year – 112 runs five wickets from eight matches – prompted him to have a rethink. Despite a very slow start, there’s still belief in the camp that a strong back-end run in the tournament is possible.
“Ravindra Jadeja has decided to renounce captaincy to focus and concentrate more on his game and has requested MS Dhoni to lead CSK,” according to a CSK press release.
“MS Dhoni has agreed to lead CSK in the bigger picture, allowing Jadeja to concentrate on his game.”
CSK fans are looking forward to changed fortune of the team after Jadeja steps down and Dhoni to lead CSK.
