MS Dhoni, who has been the CSK captain for the reason that inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008, handed over the staff’s captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday. The determination comes two days forward of the beginning of the IPL 2022 season.
Releasing an announcement, the CSK stated that Dhoni will proceed to characterize Chennai Super Kings this season and past. “MS Dhoni has determined at hand over the management of Chennai Super Kings and picked Ravindra Jadeja to guide the staff. Jadeja, who has been an integral a part of Chennai Super Kings since 2012, will solely be the third participant to guide CSK. Dhoni will proceed to characterize Chennai Super Kings this season and past,” the CSK assertion learn.
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— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 24, 2022
Dhoni, who led the staff to victory 4 occasions, might be taking part in his final IPL this season. Dhoni, 40, has already retired from worldwide cricket.
The defending champions CSK will open their marketing campaign in opposition to final version’s runner-up facet Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
The final time Jadeja captained a cricket facet was on October 28, 2007, when he led Saurashtra Under-19 in opposition to Mumbai Under-19 within the Vinoo Mankad event on the Western Railway Ground in Rajkot.
Meanwhile, Jadeja reclaimed the highest spot from West Indies’ Jason Holder within the newest ICC Test rankings for all-rounders launched on Wednesday. Jadeja had risen to No. 1 after his 175 not out and 9 wickets within the first Test in opposition to Sri Lanka in Mohali earlier this month.
CSK Squad: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja (captain), Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayadu, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius , Mitch Santner, Adam Milne, Subhranshu Senapati, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
