Chennai Super Kings have announced that Ravindra Jadeja has handed back the captaincy reigns to MS Dhoni in the IPL 2022. Dhoni, who had led the side since 2008, had given Jadeja the leadership role ahead of the ongoing season.
But an official statement from the franchise states that Jadeja requested Dhoni to take over again while the former could concentrate on his game. Earlier in this season, head coach Stephen Fleming had revealed that Dhoni had a conversation with him during IPL 2021 about handing over the captaincy to Jadeja this season – at the start of a new cycle.
“MS Dhoni has accepted to lead CSK in the larger interest and to allow Jadeja to focus on his game,” the CSK statement read.
CSK have made a poor start to the season under Jadeja, winning just two of their eight fixtures so far and are on the brink of missing out on a playoff spot. Jadeja too has struggled for form, scoring just 112 runs at an average of 22.40 while also picking just 5 wickets in eight games and conceding runs at 8.19 an over.
Dhoni’s first game back at the helm will come on Sunday in Pune, against Kane Williamson’s SRH who sit in the top half of the table.
